The wetland campaign was launched against Guggenheim’s expansion in Spain

The Mediterranean Land Alliance launched a campaign to protect the Urdaibai Biosphere reserve from an extension of the Guggenheim Museum, which was trying to expand the Bilbao site.

“The extension of the Guggenheim Museum in the area of ​​maintaining the reserved BIOSPARE reserve for the risks that undermine biological diversity, water quality, and safety ends,” Social media yet The situation explains as “77 organizations that warn UNESCO, the Amana of Ramsar and the Spanish government about the dire consequences of this expansion of biological diversity and water resources.”

Associated with participation petition This was signed by about 2,400 people and the count at the time of this post.

“It is a project imposed from abroad, which does not respond to the needs of the residents of the region and does not aim to benefit from a few people. It is not related to conservation and social and economic goals of the reserve, which will be greatly affected and irreversible in it,” he argues with the petition.

The proposed museum is scheduled to extend to the city of Guernica and the Ordibai reserve. It is expected to bring at least 140,000 visitors annually.

The issue of discussion was since it was initially proposed because its development could help stimulate the region economically and culturally, but it will lead to a huge amount of damage to the natural area protected in this process. However, with increased tourism, the potential new infrastructure comes that can hinder the protected position of the biomas reserve and completely stand to disrupt the ecosystems of the reserve, which is home to a large number of wildlife including migratory birds.