Since 2018, the management of this area has been resumed thanks to the signing of a river stewardship agreement. The current management is guided by a management plan, approved in December 2019, which determines the necessary actions to ensure that the Estany de Sils is preserved in the long term, with the minimum necessary interventions.
Through the management plan it is intended to carry out an active management of the Estany de Sils that ensures its conservation in the short, medium and long term. The objectives set by the plan encompass the different ecosystems of the natural area. On this matter, work is being done in three directions. In the first place, actions are made so that the permanent lagoon maintains a humid surface of 1 hectare and depths greater than one meter (on average), in addition to improving water quality in the coming years. Secondly, the plan foresees that by 2022 the environment of the Estany will have the different typologies of meadows and grassland habitats (reedbed, meadows, rushes and halophilic meadows and dry meadows) and that the oaks and holm oaks will be preserved, without invasive species. Finally, one of the objectives, set for 2027, is that 25% of the land contemplated in the agreement has riparian forest.
In addition to the comprehensive protection of ecosystems, the plan also provides for concrete actions for the conservation of the populations of the European pond turtle, as well as other species of amphibians and birds.
The actions that will be carried out in the coming years will be updated in the calendar of this website to keep you informed of the management and conservation actions in progress.
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