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The specialists have managed to introduce the coast of Cartagena two new tailings chamomile populations, one in the Cala del Bolete large and one girl in Algameca and the reintroduction of the population had disappeared late last century in Punta gables, on the mainland of tailings.
This has been possible thanks to the project that have been conducted over the past year the Polytechnic University of Cartagena (UPCT), the Port of Cartagena and the Biodiversity Foundation to protect this species.
After nearly a year of implementation of the conservation project chamomile tailings, all initial goals have been achieved with great success.
These results were released this morning at the Technical Conference which was held at the Technical Superior, where specialists in the conservation of threatened flora from other regions have shared their experiences in this scientific field of Agricultural Engineering School UPCT.
The event inaugurated the Rector of the Polytechnic University of Cartagena, Jose Antonio Franco, director of the Office of Social and Economic Promotion of the Environment, Juan Madrigal, president of the Port Authority, Antonio Sevilla, and teacher of the Polytechnic charge Project, María José Vicente.
Chamomile tailings is an endangered species that is just off the coast of Algeria and Cartagena, where only two small populations, one in La Azohía and another on the island of tailings are known.
The project, developed by the School of Agricultural Engineering at the Polytechnic University of Cartagena, has received financial support from the Biodiversity Foundation, the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Environment (that of the total budget of 52,000 euros, it has funded 26,000 ) and the Port Authority of Cartagena, which contributed another 20,000.
With this action on habitat conservation of the species is to improve the ecological connectivity of only two natural populations that exist in Europe, thereby ensuring the recovery of the population status and decreasing the threat of extinction of this species.
As he assured the Rector of the University, with the project they have been met objectives were "to study this species and start putting measures to not be extinguished, restore habitats and studying soil parameters affecting the species ".
For him, a project of this type "is an important step" to maintain native habitats and introduce new populations.
For its part, believes that the project Madrigal "excellent example of collaboration between institutions."
He has also said that this project complements the plan of recovery of species in danger of extinction, to which he added that "soon" will rise to regional Advisory Council of Environmental Recovery Plan of Garbancillo Tallante and continue working to protect other threatened species.
The researcher María José Vicente said that "is very risky," say it has already saved the Manzanilla of tailings, but said that with this project we have introduced new towns on the coast of Cartagena and has reintroduced a new population disappeared late last century.
As the president of the Port Authority, Antonio Sevilla, he has said that environmental issues "are an opportunity to complement our business."
Sevilla mented the chair of the Campus Mare Nostrum in which projects are to collect the two public universities in the region to raise awareness of the problems society like this.
A project in two phases
The introduction of these new populations was conducted in two phases.
In the first, during the months of March and April, thousands of copies were planted chamomile preflowering state that had been grown in nurseries School of Agricultural Engineers has in La Palma, with the intention that the flowering and later seed dispersal occurs on the new entry zones resulting in generation of the first natural plants.
In a second phase, in September, these young populations chamomile reinforced by planting seeds collected in both natural populations to increase their chance of survival and long-term establishment.
In addition to this conservation action, a batch of seeds from each wild population has been stored in the Germplasm Bank of the Polytechnic University of Cartagena, to safeguard the long term the greatest genetic diversity of the species.
Alongside these actions have also developed outreach and advocacy to raise awareness of the species and its ecological significance, such as participation in the Campus of Engineering and Week of Science and Technology, the publication of a scientific paper a technique of the species, the publication of a children's story, editing brochures for the thousands of cruise passengers visiting the port city and the development of an informative video in 4K using the Digital Production Center where UPCT Contents the work done for the conservation of the species is collected.
All these materials have been delivered to those attending the technical conference, whose opening ceremony was attended by the Rector of the Polytechnic University of Cartagena, the President of the Port Authority of Cartagena, sponsor of the project with the Biodiversity Foundation, and the Director of the Office for the Promotion of Social and Economic Environment of the Autonomous Region of Murcia, administration funded from 2006-2010 studies on the biology of chamomile tailings that have allowed the research team to succeed at conservation project this botanical jewel of Cartagena.
Source: UPCT
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