Reyes y celia doñana english

Doñana is an huge natural space located in the provinces of Huelva, Sevilla and Cádiz and it’s made up of two big zones.

DOÑANA’S NATIONAL PARK MAP

It’s a place of high ecological and cultural importance, whose conservation is declared of national interest. The National Park of Doñana has an area of 52760 Ha.

It’s a little bit transformed by human action ecological, scenic, scientific, aesthetic, or educational values. The Natural Park of Doñana has an area of 54200 Ha.

CENTURY XIII

Mr. Alfonso X ‘the wise’ conquered the kingdom of Niebla, where there was Doñana, and he made these lands his private property. His son Sancho IV the brave gave these lands to Guzmán “the good man”.

CENTURY XVI

The Duke of Medina Sidonia was married to Doña Ana de Silva Mendoza.She moved to the private property and her husband built a Palace. This area has been called Mrs Ana's private property since then.

King Philip IV visited the private property, and the Dukes of Medina Sidonia rebuilt the Palace of Doña Ana.

Much of the preserve is owned by the Duke of Tarifa. Towards the 1930s the private property becomes property of the marquises of Borguetto, they sold them in different parts. There were many projects, but most of them failed, losing plants and animal species.

Each ecosystem has an own and different fauna. In Doñana you can find 20 species of freshwater fish, 11 amphibians, 21 of reptiles, 37 of mammals and 360 birds, of which 127 are usually reproduced in the Park. Doñana carried regular work for the elimination of several exotic plant species, such as the tree of silk, pikeperch tobacco and cat's claw.

The National Park of Doñana is the most important wetland in Europe and one of the inhabitants of hibernation most used on the continent. In the old cork trees that grow in this area, many different species nest like: spatula, common stork, egret, heron, etc. You can also observe fallow deer, deer, wild boars, “meloncillos”… and some plants as the cactus, lichens, thyme.

FALLOW DEERS

GARZA REAL

LÍQUEN

CASTAÑUELA

ALMAJO SALADO

BREZO

The biotope has a Mediterranean climate. This climate is characterized by relatively wet winters and dry summers that are the result of changes in the polar front and subtropical high pressures. The rainiest seasons are the intermediate, especially in spring and autumn, when there are torrential rains caused by the heat in the masses of water during the summer, and the arrival of polar cold drops. Temperatures are mild throughout the year.

As indicated by article 19 of the law of the Doñana Natural Park space:

• 1. One of the aims of the Plan of management of the natural resources in Doñana is to promote the conservation of resources, ecosystems, scientific research, to order the use and management of natural resources and to establish the necessary guidelines for an adequate management of this.

As indicated by article 3 of the law of the Doñana National Park:• The natural environment of the Park will be subject to precise

limitations as regard its preservation , in the manner and with the effects laid down in the relevant legislation in relation to the system of communications, farms, urban planning and any other activity.

• As for the land areas of special protection provided for in article 2 of this law, their destination is limited to agricultural use and activities consistent with the purposes of the National Park. For these purposes, the Ministry of agriculture, the previous report of the Board of Trustees, will regulate the use of pesticides, fertilizers and, in general, of all those products that may damage the National Park.

Done by:

• Celia Carrera Olivares• Reyes López Baleriola• Carlos Carrera Olivares