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OS ANCARES LUCENSES<\/h1><\/div><\/div>
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BIOSPHERE RESERVE<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>

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BIOSPHERE RESERVE MANAGEMENT<\/h2><\/div><\/div>
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Since 2011, the management body of the Biosphere Reserve has been integrated into the Provincial Council of Lugo (as a special administrative body without its own legal personality), made up of a Governing Body (governing body) and a Management Body. Participation (advisory in nature).<\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text]

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MANAGEMENT BODIES<\/h2><\/div>
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The Regulation establishes the composition, purpose and functions of the different bodies that comprise them, together with their legal and economic regime.<\/p>\n

Regulations of the management body<\/a> (BOP Lugo n\u00ba 76 – 04.04.2011)<\/p>\n

GOVERNING BODY
\nComposition (19\/06\/2024)<\/a>
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PARTICIPATION BODY
\nComposition (16\/12\/2025)<\/a>
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Santa Mar\u00eda fort in Cervantes<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row ct_row_stretch=”stretch_row_content_no_spaces” equal_height=”yes” ct_bg_color=”#f8f7f5″][vc_column width=”1\/2″ css=”.vc_custom_1687506658177{background-image: url(https:\/\/osancareslucenses.deputacionlugo.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/fortaleza.png?id=9823) !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}”]

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Doiras castle<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”2\/3″][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/2″]

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MANAGEMENT PLAN<\/h2><\/div>
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Since 2013, the Biosphere Reserve has had a Management Plan approved by both bodies, following a public participation process that has allowed the effective involvement of citizens in decision-making that affects the territory.<\/p>\n

The Plan outlines the strategic lines of action aimed at conserving the natural heritage of the Reserve, providing services and infrastructure to residents in order to improve their quality of life and generating wealth and employment to establish population in the territory of the Reserve.<\/p>\n

Management Plan for the Os Ancares Lucenses Biosphere Reserve 2024-2034<\/a><\/p>\n

Final approval Management Plan for the Os Ancares Lucenses BR 2024-2034 (BOP n\u00ba 155 05-07-2024)<\/a><\/p>\n

Public exhibition announcement Management Plan for the Os Ancares Lucenses BR 2024-2034 (BOP n\u00ba 292 22-12-2023)<\/a><\/div><\/div>[\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row ct_row_stretch=”stretch_row_content_no_spaces” equal_height=”yes” ct_bg_color=”#f8f7f5″][vc_column width=”1\/2″ css=”.vc_custom_1685005280616{margin-left: 20px !important;}”]

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ANNUAL PERFORMANCE REPORTS<\/h2><\/div>
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Each year, the annual report of the Biosphere Reserve’s actions is presented and reported to the Participation Body and approved by the Governing Body.<\/p>\n

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ZONING<\/h2><\/div><\/div>
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The Os Ancares Lucenses Biosphere Reserve has an area of 53,664 hectares and includes the municipalities of Cervantes, Navia de Suarna and Becerre\u00e1.<\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text]

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CORE AREA<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>

<\/span><\/div><\/div>[vc_column_text]It integrates the most important areas for the conservation of the territory’s biodiversity, consisting mainly of the protected natural spaces Ancares-Courel and ZEC Cruzul-Ag\u00fceira. It also includes the Brown Bear Protection Zone.<\/p>\n

It occupies an area of 14,224 hectares, 26% of the Reserve.<\/p>\n

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BUFFER AREA<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>

<\/span><\/div><\/div>[vc_column_text]They are areas of lower conservation value than the core, but in which it is necessary to preserve the configuration of the landscape components, as well as the territorial distribution of the large types of natural and semi-natural habitats.<\/p>\n

It covers an area of 31,975 hectares, which represents 60% of the total area of the Reserve.<\/p>\n

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TRANSITION ZONE<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>

<\/span><\/div><\/div>[vc_column_text]They cover areas of high agricultural and livestock productivity in which practically the entire population living in the Reserve is concentrated. It is a rural landscape made up of a mosaic of semi-natural mountain meadows, delimited by tree and bush sebes, along with soutos (forests) spread across the valleys that structure the territory.<\/p>\n

It includes an area of 7,465 hectares, which represents 14% of the Reserve.<\/p>\n

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MUNICIPALITIES<\/h2><\/div>
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The delimitation of the Reserve follows the administrative limits of the municipalities of Navia de Suarna and Cervantes, but in the municipality of Becerre\u00e1 it is restricted to a small portion of the southeastern end, which largely coincides with the Special Conservation Area (ZEC). Cruzul-Ag\u00fceira.<\/div><\/div>[\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/2″][vc_single_image image=”13712″ img_size=”full” alignment=”center”][vc_column_text]\n

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