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Albufera d'Alcúdia
Story of a coastal lagoon through time...
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Wetlands are very important natural areas. They provide a safe and lush environment for many different species of plants and animals, especially birds.
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Besides, they store water and remove the excess of nitrates used to fertilize the ground.
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An important Convention took place in Iran in 1970. Since then, governments worldwide have
compromised themselves on wetlands protection
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There are five main costal lagoons in the Balearic Islands: S'Albufera d'Alcúdia and Es Salobrar de Campos, in Mallorca; S'Albufera d'Es Grau in Menorca, Ses Salines d'Eivissa and s'Estany Pudent in Formentera. The Albufera d'Alcúdia is the largest and the most important.
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Most water of the Albufera comes from the rain, by way of seasonal streams -torrents- and
springs from subterranean aquífers -ullals-. It also has a
small amount of seawater intrusion in summer.
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Romans already used Albufera as a natural hardbour and a source of food.
In fact, they built an important city nearby -Pol·lèntia- for that reason.
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Arabs cultivated the fertile lands surrounding the Albufera.
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Since XVII Century on, people had been trying to gain new lands from the Albufera. People wanted these new lands to cultivate them.
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The huge amount of mosquitoes living in thearea was the cause of a lot of diseases, such as malaria. So, for sanitary reasons, Government decided to dry it up in XIX Century.
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After a first project, a second one, much more ambitious, was executed by an English company, the New Majorca Land Company. More than 1.500 people worked hard, but the project never was ended.
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Traditionally, the Albufera has had a lot of uses: Hunting, fishing (anguiles, for instance), gathering canyís (to make the ceilings of the houses) or bova (to make chairs)...
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And, besides, during the XX Century, the Albufera had many other different uses: people cultivated rice, placed a paper factory, extracted salt...
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The progress threatened the Albufera: urban develpment, intesive agriculture and the close proximity of the electric power station of Es Murterar put this important wetland in danger.
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A lot of voices claimed to stop the Albufera's destruction.
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Finally, the Albufera was declared Natural Park by the Balearic Government on 28th February 1988. It was the first naturally protected area in the Balearic Islands.
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The end!!!
By: Aina Morant Gracia Rico Sara Schweiss Maria del Mar Mas Tabea Achinger Maria Burguera