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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Sam Jones in Madrid

Spanish minister hails deal to save Andalucía wetlands as a model for green transition

Pink flamingos fly over a lake at Doñana national park in  Huelva Province, Andalucía.
Pink flamingos fly over a lake at Doñana national park in Huelva Province, Andalucía. Photograph: Mara Brandl/Getty Images/Image Broker RF

A landmark agreement to safeguard one of Europe’s most important wetlands underscores the importance of harnessing public opinion to drive the green transition and help mitigate the effects of the climate emergency, the country’s environment minister has said.

The Doñana in western Andalucía – whose marshes, forests and dunes extend across almost 130,000 hectares (320,000 acres) and include a Unesco-listed national park – has been at the centre of a furious national and international row over recent years.

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