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Barcelona embraces its wild side
https://www.theguardian.com/environm...-wild-side-aoe
Take a walk on the wild side, Barça!!Quote:
The Urban Butterfly Monitoring Scheme found that in May and June there were 28% more species per park and 74% more butterflies than the same period in 2019, including new species not previously seen in the city such as the rock grayling (Hipparchia semele) and lesser purple emperor (Apatura ilia).
Once the gardeners went back to work, the question was whether to return everything to its neat and tidy state, or let nature take its course?
The answer is neither. Parés says the council spent the previous two years working on plans to “naturalise” or rewild the city – and was about to announce this change of policy when the pandemic struck. By the time the lockdown ended, it was a lot easier to sell rewilding to a public craving fresh air and open spaces.
The city is now in the process of creating 783,300 sq metres of green open space, including an area around the landmark Sagrada Familía basilica, and 49,000 sq metres of “greened” streets.
The city is also encouraging bird and insect life with around 200 nesting towers for birds and bats, 40 beehives and around 80 plantings designed specifically as insect “hotels”. The council has also published a biodiversity atlas listing all the city’s flora and fauna.
(Lou Weed)