On February 25, 2025, the first meeting of the LIFE GLOBAL project steering committee was held, which also includes IBADER-USC and DXPN, beneficiaries of LIFE INSULAR in Galicia. At this meeting, it was decided that the strategy developed by LIFE INSULAR with respect to the control and elimination of IAS should be replicated in the coastal areas of LIFE GLOBAL in Galicia, thus contributing to the catalytic potential of the project, as well as to the transferability and replicability of its results.
The general objective of LIFE GLOBAL is to implement a transnational restoration strategy in 31 Natura 2000 areas of high conservation value in northern Spain and Portugal, distributed among the 3 scenarios most vulnerable to global change and with the highest biodiversity conservation value: coastal zone, continental wetlands and mountain areas. As the main measure of adaptation to current global changes, the project aims to improve the conservation status and resilience to global change of 10 priority habitats and 3 priority species. The restoration actions will be complemented by a comprehensive strategy to inform and raise awareness among the general public, as well as to transfer the measures developed and the results obtained for their replicability at European level. The project has a great demonstrative and pilot value and will have a great complementarity with the results and methodologies used in LIFE INSULAR.
