Photo: Bernat Armangue

Spain’s government pledged to invest 350 million euros ($368 million) in the country’s Doñana wetlands, a UNESCO world heritage site that ecologists say is dying due to the misuse of water and climate change. Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez announced the pledge Thursday during a visit to the Doñana National Park in southern Spain. A European Union court ruled last year that Spanish authorities had failed in their duty to protect the wetlands, and the government faces a hefty fine unless takes actions to preserve the ecosystem.

Source: Spain pledges 350M euros to save Doñana wetlands

Photo: Hector Garrido

The reserve’s last permanent freshwater lake, which had long resisted drought and illegal wells, has now disappeared…

Source: Spain’s Doñana National Park dries up completely

Photo: Jorge Sierra

With the future of Spain’s Doñana World Heritage Site at risk, 23 leading European fruit sector businesses signed a letter calling on the regional authorities to scrap an amnesty plan…

Source: Major European companies join fight to save Doñana

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Exploring Europe’s richest wildlife area, Doñana National Park, via boat and train…

Source: Manchán Magan: The train to Spain to visit wildlife plains

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From birds to bears to butterflies, there’s a wealth of fascinating species to encounter during a foray into the wildest depths of Spain.

Source: Spain’s Top Destinations For Wildlife Tourism

Looking for a southern Spain itinerary? Here’s the best southern Spain road trip itinerary for the perfect Andalucia road trip.

Source: The Best Southern Spain Road Trip Itinerary Through Fiery Andalucia

Spain – Doñana National Park

In the wilds of Andalucia, only an afternoon’s drive from the holiday beaches of the Costa del Sol, lives the rarest cat on Earth. With its spotted coat and stubby tail, the Iberian lynx is the smallest of the world’s three lynx species, about twice the size of a domestic cat.

Tracking down this elusive feline will be a challenge, but should be made easier by Sergio Gonzalez Asian, my naturalist-guide and lynx-tracker extraordinary. With Sergio at the wheel we drive from Seville to Cordoba and then into the Sierra Morena – the Dark Mountains whose 4,000ft summits roll across Andalucia for 280 miles (450km). Once a famous haunt of bandits, their hidden valleys and wooded slopes are now a refuge for Spain’s most important lynx population.

In living memory they still roamed widely across Iberia, but by 2001 only 90 animals were left. Had they become extinct they would have been the first cat species to be lost since the sabre-toothed tiger 10,000 years ago.

Source: On the trail of the rarest cat on Earth (a short drive from the Costa del Sol)

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Tucked away an hour’s drive from Seville, Coto Donana National Park is Europe’s largest nature reserve – but many Britons do not know it exists. Mark Palmer encounters Spain at its most unheralded.

Source: Secret Spain: Brilliant blur of birdlife in Coto Donana National Park