Farming and tourism already drained Spain's Doñana national park. Now it's getting hit by drought and hotter weather, exacerbated by climate change. Experts fear the ecosystem may disappear for good. COP27
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Farming and tourism had already drained the aquifer feeding Doñana. Then climate change hit Spain with record-high temperatures and a prolonged drought this year. The disappearance of Doñana’s Santa Olalla lagoon’s in August makes Díaz, 66, fear that the ecosystem she has studied for four decades may have vanished for good.
Spanish galleons once brought silver back from Spain’s American colonies here on their way upstream to Seville. Then, scientists and conservationists came from all over the world. Now Doñana is a case study in how humans destroy natural resources. A two-hour drive south of Seville, one enters Huelva, a rural province including the Doñana reserve. Like other areas near Spain’s coast, Huelva has worked hard to become one of Europe’s major agricultural areas. Strawberries, raspberries, blueberries and blackberries replaced olives, cereals and potatoes in the 1980s. European customers pay far more for the berries, but the crop needs much more water than olives do.
One group represents 1,500 farmers who feel that they were unfairly left out of the 2004 irrigation plans. Spokesman Julio Díaz said many families have the right to water and should be able to use it.“What we are going to do is ensure that these farmers recover their historic rights, which they used to have,” Díaz said. “Nothing will be increased, but we must recover what they once had.”
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