Habitat Management of the Endemic and Critical Endangered Montseny Brook Newt ( Calotriton arnoldi )

Daniel Guinart, Sònia Solórzano, Fèlix Amat, Jordina Grau, Daniel Fernández-Guiberteau and Albert Montori
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Daniel Guinart: Oficina Tècnica de Parcs Naturals, Diputació de Barcelona, The Montseny Natural Park and Biosphere Reserve, Masia Mariona, Ctra 5119, Km 2,5 (Mosqueroles), Fogars de Montclús, 08479 Barcelona, Spain
Sònia Solórzano: Oficina Tècnica de Parcs Naturals, Diputació de Barcelona, The Montseny Natural Park and Biosphere Reserve, Masia Mariona, Ctra 5119, Km 2,5 (Mosqueroles), Fogars de Montclús, 08479 Barcelona, Spain
Fèlix Amat: Àrea d’Herpetologia, BiBIO, Museu de Granollers–Ciències Naturals, Palaudàries 102, Granollers, 08402 Barcelona, Spain
Jordina Grau: Oficina Tècnica de Parcs Naturals, Diputació de Barcelona, The Montseny Natural Park and Biosphere Reserve, Masia Mariona, Ctra 5119, Km 2,5 (Mosqueroles), Fogars de Montclús, 08479 Barcelona, Spain
Daniel Fernández-Guiberteau: CREAC, Centre de Recerca i Educació Ambiental de Calafell, GRENP/Aj, Calafell, 43882 Tarragona, Spain
Albert Montori: CREAC, Centre de Recerca i Educació Ambiental de Calafell, GRENP/Aj, Calafell, 43882 Tarragona, Spain

Land, 2022, vol. 11, issue 3, 1-22

Abstract: Calotriton arnoldi is an endemic amphibian inhabiting Montseny Natural Park and Biosphere Reserve (PNRBM), listed as “critically endangered (CR)” by IUCN. At the end of 2016, the Life Tritó del Montseny (LIFETM) project (LIFE15 NAT/ES/000757) was launched. The aim of the project was to promote around fifty actions to ensure the conservation of C. arnoldi and its natural habitat, and this entailed five strategic lines: (1) Increasing the scientific and technical knowledge with regard to C. arnoldi ’s conservation status and its habitat management. (2) Expanding its geographic distribution. (3) Involving and engaging stakeholders in the conservation of the Montseny brook newt. (4) Eliminating or minimizing threats that exist in the riparian habitat. (5) Establishing proper legal coverage and defining long-term strategic planning. The successes and failures experienced throughout the process provide us with essential information that will enable us to develop an adaptive management of the habitat. In order to eliminate or minimize threats to the newt’s habitat, some of the actions that are currently being carried out are: (a) Land acquisitions and land exchanges with private properties. (b) Land stewardship procedures, with two custody agreements being signed. (c) Reduction of water withdrawal with nine water catchments and distribution being remodeled. (d) Improvement of water treatments and storage by installing ecological wastewater treatment facilities. (e) Ensuring ecological connectivity and riparian forest restoration. Here, we present an evaluation of the actions carried out to improve the habitat of this species, including the necessary considerations for them to be implemented correctly and to be successful in a natural area, which is under public-private management.

Keywords: urodela; salamandridae; caudata; biosphere reserve; habitat restoration; species management; life project (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q15 Q2 Q24 Q28 Q5 R14 R52 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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