La Garrotxa Volcanic Zone Natural Park
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DOCUMENT SUMMARIES INDEX Maps Park’s basic datafile Organization Chart The protection process of the volcanic region of La Garrotxa The volcanoes are saved A description of the eruptive activity of the Croscat volcano, the youngest on the Iberian Peninsula Managing the natural heritage of La Garrotxa Volcanic Zone Natural Park Conservation of geodiversity and geological heritage Geographical information systems as a tool to support the management and planning of a protected natural area. The example of GIS VULCÀ Management and public use planning instruments. The Special Plan for La Garrotxa Volcanic Zone Natural Park Conservation of natural areas affected by human activity. Intervention tools for the management of town and landscape planning Agricultural strategy and framework for cooperation with local farmers Accreditation of tourism companies with the European Charter for Sustainable Tourism in Protected Areas: benefits and commitments Educational services as a resource for presenting and plubicising the values of the Natural Park among the local population Public use programme for La Garrotxa Volcanic Zone Natural Park Management of La Garrotxa Volcanic Zone Natural Park. Information Centres and Documentation Centre 25 Years Managing a Documentation Centre Linked to a Protected Natural Area Establishing a quality system in the management of a protected natural area. Bibliography Areas included in Natura 2000 Network Areas included in the PEIN (Natural Interest Areas Plan National Park Natural Park National Interest Natural Site Integral Nature Reserve Partial Nature Reserve Wild Fauna Nature Reserve Protected Area Nature Reserve boundaries Natural Park boundaries Protected areas in La Garrotxa Municipalities boundaries Natural Interest Areas Plan Natura 2000 Network La Garrotxa Volcanic Zone Natural Park Simplified Charter of vulcanology Lava flows Volcanic cones Piroclasic layer Paleozoic metamorphic Eocenic Sedimentary Quaternary sedimentary Quaternary sedimentary originated by volcanic barrier Old volcanoes chimney and dams VOLCANIC REGION OF LA GARROTXA (Girona, Spain) Natural Park (Natura 2000 Network. Mediterranean Region) (Category V, IUCN) The best example of a volcanic landscape on the Iberian Peninsula, with 40 volcanoes and more than 20 basalt lava flows. The mountainous terrain, the soil and the climate provide the area with very diverse and often exuberant vegetation, with oak groves and woods and beech groves that form a landscape of exceptional beauty. Description Area (1) Total: 15,309.4 ha 1,180.42 ha divided among 28 nature reserves Castellfollit de la Roca, Mieres, Montagut i Oix, Olot, Les Planes d’Hostoles, Les Preses, Municipalities: 11 Sant Aniol de Finestres, Santa Pau, Sant Feliu de Pallerols, Sant Joan les Fonts, La Vall de Bianya Region Garrotxa 22,161 employed individuals (2001): Employed population (2) Agriculture 3.7%, Industry 38.5%, Construction 10.9%, Services 46.9% Inhabitants (3) 2,156 inhab. (Park), 48,860 inhab. (peripheral area) Private property: 96.78% Ownership Public property: 3.22% Non-living natural resources (4): 2 geotopes, 1 geozone (includes 6 geotopes) Flora: 1,170 taxa Natural values (4) Fauna: 292 species of vertebrates recorded within the Natural Park, classified as: fish (11), amphibians (13), reptiles (18), birds (198) and mammals (52) Habitats of Community interest 16 Species of Community interest 11 Declaration and planning Ministry of the Environment: - Law 2/1982, of 3 March, protecting the volcanic region of La Garrotxa Date of creation (Law) and - Decree 113/1983, of 12 April, implementing the Law decree modifying the boundaries - Decree 41/2008, of 26 February, modifying the boundaries of The Volcanic Region of La Garrotxa Natural Park, declaring partial nature reserves and specifying the topography of the territorial area of the Natural Park and its nature reserves - Resolution GOV/161/2010, of 14 September, definitively adopting the Special Plan for Planning the Volcanic Region of La Garrotxa (Official Journal of the Government of Catalonia (DOGC) No. 5735, of 15 October 2010) Management data (approximate data 2011) Government of Catalonia. Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock, Fisheries, Food and Natural Environment Management authority Directorate-General for the Natural Environment and Biodiversity Protected Natural Area Service Governing and cooperation Protection Board (11 members) and Permanent Committee (5 members) Minimum: 2 meetings/year bodies Cooperation Council (39 associations and organisations) Own staff: 13 people (1 director / 3 graduates with higher degrees / 3 graduates with primary degrees / 5 administrative staff / 1 foreman) Contracted staff: Management team staff - Occupation plan (equivalent to 2 graduates w/ higher degrees/year) - Companies offering guide and information services - Technical consultants in different areas of management (urban planning, flora, fauna, volcanism and Centre for the Conservation of Cultivated Plants) - Document cataloguing Operation: Investments: TOTAL: Budget approved €1.657.727,70 €38.339,92 €1.696.067,62 (average 05/10) €1.153.155,73 €530,92 €1.153.686,65 Budget executed 2011 Trend Decreasing, with cost-cutting Clearly in decline due to the tendencies economic crisis - To ensure the compatibility of the conservation of geological, floral and landscape values in a socioeconomic setting with a model of growth that involves high levels of land Management challenges use. - To roll out the management model used for the Park to the rest of the region, ensuring 1 the involvement and collaboration of all of the stakeholders. - Annual action programme - Annual action report Management instruments - GIS Vulcà - VTLS for the cataloguing and recovery of documents (forthcoming Millennium system) - Website (produced using the Vignette content management system) - Quality system (ISO 9001:2008) (since 1998) - European Charter for Sustainable Tourism (since 2001) - Q for Quality of Public Use in ENP UNE 187002:2008 (since 2003) - Registration of the Can Jordà Centre for the Conservation of Cultivated Plants with the Quality systems Catalan Council for Organic Farming (CCPAE) and in the Official Register of Plant Material Suppliers - Certificate in sustainable forestry management Facilities, infrastructure and services Offices Casal dels Volcans Can Jordà Av. Santa Coloma, s/n 17811 Santa Pau 17800 Olot Tel.: 972 264666 Tel.: 972 266202 / 266012 Fax: 972 265567 Fax: 972 270455 Information centres Casal dels Volcans Can Passavent (the Croscat volcano) (2011) Av. Santa Coloma, s/n 17800 Olot 17800 Olot Tel.: 972 195094 Tel.: 972 268112 81.604 visitors dealt with in the official Old Sant Feliu de Pallerols Station Park centres Can Serra (Fageda d’en Jordà beech 17174 Sant Feliu de Pallerols wood) Tel.: 972 444474 188.893 visitors dealt with at other Road from Olot to Santa Pau, km 4 accredited information points 17811 Santa Pau Visits and activities Tel.: 972 195074 Documentation centre Can Jordà - E-mail: [email protected] - Fax: 972 265567 - Postal address: Avda. Santa Coloma, s/n. 17800 OLOT - Telephone: 972 264666 Personal consultations at the documentation centre itself require an appointment. Website: http://www.gencat.cat/parcs/garrotxa [email protected] E-mail: (1): Figures: according to Decree 41/2008. Cartographical data: GIS Vulcà (2): Figures: Statistical Institute of Catalonia (3): Own figures drawn up by the Park management team in collaboration with the town councils. [2004] (4): Figures: Natural Heritage Information System and own figures Date of last update of this document: 15/05/2012 2 La Garrotxa Volcanic Zone Natural Park Organisation Chart MANAGEMENT (CV) F. Xavier Puig i Oliveras ([email protected]) Quality (CV) Mireia Batiste i Triadó ([email protected]) ADMINISTRATION SECTION RURAL NATURAL HERITAGE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPROVEMENT SECTION EDUCATION, Josep Riera i Massegur (CV) SECTION DISSEMINATION AND ([email protected]) Emili Bassols i Isamat PUBLIC USE SECTION ([email protected]) Mireia Batiste i Triadó (CV) Xavier Oliver i ([email protected]) Forest management Martínez-Fornés Joan Montserrat i Reig ([email protected]) Mercè Capmany i Gibert (CV) ([email protected]) ([email protected]) Tourism Agricultural management Josep M. Prats i Muntsa Navarro i Pérez-Dolz Santaflorentina ([email protected]) ([email protected]) Eva Calm i Puig Information centres ([email protected]) TOSCA ([email protected]) Education services TOSCA ([email protected]) IT MANAGEMENT SECTION Documentation centre Geographic information systems Montse Grabolosa i Sellabona Joan Pijuan i Coromina ([email protected]) ([email protected]) Records Muntsa Navarro i Pérez-Dolz ([email protected]) MAINTENANCE SECTION AND SURVEILLANCE UNIT Facility maintenance Ramon Fornols i Puigoriol Maintenance and conservation of areas Jean Phillipe Peyreguer Phone Casal dels Volcans (CV): 0034 972 26 60 12 Can Jordà (CJ): 0034 972 26 46 66 TOSCA: 0034 972 26 81 12 General e-mail: ([email protected]) 1 The protection process of the volcanic region of La Garrotxa Emili Bassols Isamat Head of the Department of Natural Heritage of La Garrotxa Volcanic Zone Natural Park ([email protected]) 03/05/1966 The Directorate-General for Mining and Fuel gives its authorisation for the ‘Santa Margarita’ mining concession (No. 3140), covering an area of 861 ha, based on a report issued by the laboratories of the Spanish National Mining Council stating that in their opinion the mine would obtain ‘pumice’. The concession covers