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The mayor of UPyD, José Antonio Sotomayor, states that "there has been only a formal defect which has lacked Murcia application" as Biosphere Reserve by UNESCO, "because neither been approved management plans that were absolutely necessary to continue and the project has been agreed "with the landowners of the proposed natural area

José Antonio Sotomayor, Councilman Union Progress and Democracy in the city of Murcia, states that "there has been only a formal defect which has failed in the nomination of 'Country Owl', but rather the contrary" in reference to statements by the government team after the report of the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Environment.

The Scientific Council of MAB committee (The Man and the Biosphere, its acronym in English), which evaluates the nominations presented to UNESCO, estimated that "the deficiencies in the zoning and shortcomings" advise report negatively on the Reserve Biosphere of the Sierras and Murcia Golf.

For Sotomayor, "has reached the tipping point of the application with the work is half done, because neither have approved management plans that were absolutely necessary to continue the project, nor has agreed Biosphere Reserve" with landowners who are included within the proposed nature reserve.

"This situation," laments the magenta training mayor, "has led to numerous amendments" by such owners, "and has even led to agrarian organization as the Coordinator of Organizations of Farmers and Ranchers (COAG) has shown their opposition to this project "before the MAB committee.

UPyD Murcia recalls that initially supported the candidacy of the capital and Biosphere Reserve of UNESCO, whose purpose was to promote the conservation and sustainable development of the Sierras and Murcia Golf.

For Sotomayor, the application submitted under the name 'The Land of the Owl' "could have been an instrument for socio-economic development" of the area in their neighboring areas and serve as a check "so it does not happen again such as urban development recent years. "

Source: UPyD Murcia