OIKOS brings the UK closer to Iberian lynx conservation. Conservative deputies from the British Parliament visited Spain today to study and study the efforts made in our country to promote the conservation of the Iberian lynx and European bison.

This is a visit organized by think tank OIKOS to contribute to positioning Spain as an international reference in the field of environmental protection and native fauna.

The delegation was led by Sir Robert Buckland, a former justice minister, and Mark Jenkinson.

Conservative Environmental Network

Both are members of the Conservative Party in the British Parliament and were accompanied by Fin McCarron, international director of the British right-wing think tank Conservative Environment Network, and Jordan Lee, director of the same entity’s Natural Environment Program.

Your visit begins this Monday, October 9, with separate meetings with the OIKOS team and with think tank Reformism 21; and on Tuesday, October 10, they will visit the Congress of Deputies, where they will meet with Carlos Rojas, secretary of the Popular Parliamentary Group.

Finally, they will travel to Seville, where on Wednesday, October 11, they will meet with the general director of Forestry and Biodiversity policy of the Government of Andalusia, Juan Ramón Pérez, and visit the El Encinarejo nature reserve, a breeding and reintroduction center for the Iberian lynx and European bison.

Preserve our environment for future generations

Mark Jenkinson said: “Preserving the environment for future generations is very important to us. We have seen the decline – and, in some cases, extinction – of some of our native fauna in the UK. There is currently a growing movement to consider the reintroduction of certain species in the UK. “There is a project to reintroduce white-tailed eagles to Cumbria, the region I represent in parliament.”

“There are understandably concerns about the effectiveness of reintroduction, its impact on other economic activities, particularly agriculture, and addressing the concerns of local communities. “Therefore, I am very interested in this visit, organized by the Conservative Environmental Network, where we hope to learn from Spain’s success in the reintroduction project and understand how this project has received support from communities, farmers and landowners,” he added. .

British species

Fin McCarron said: “With one in six species in the UK threatened with extinction, the British Conservative Party understands that passing on a thriving natural environment to the next generation requires not only conserving nature, but also restoring it. Therefore, we must consider the reintroduction of certain species to the UK, as well as other measures to restore their habitat.”

McCarron hopes that this visit will help them learn from Spain’s recent success in the reintroduction of species such as the Iberian lynx and will give them the opportunity to exchange perceptions about the importance of conservative environmental policies with OIKOS and institutional and political representatives of the Popular Party. Party.

Environmental policy

Finally, Luis Quiroga, one of the founders of OIKOS, highlighted the importance of this visit to position Spain at the international level “as a reference and concrete example in the implementation of environmental policies aimed at fauna conservation.” , as is being done in Andalusia.” OIKOS brings the UK closer to Iberian lynx conservation.