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| During his tenure, the Spanish Prime Minister [[Felipe González]] began using Doñana as a vacation retreat, setting a precedent for his successors. In 2010, 9200 hectares of land on the coastline were expropriated by the former [[Ministry of Environment (Spain)|Ministry of the Environment]] for protection.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Rafael Méndez |date=30 August 2010 |title=Medio Ambiente expropia y protege 9.200 hectáreas de la costa de Doñana |url=http://elpais.com/diario/2010/08/30/sociedad/1283119202_850215.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/2013121...io/2010/08/30/sociedad/1283119202_850215.html |archive-date=December 17, 2013 |access-date=6 April 2014 |work=El País}}</ref> In July 2012, Unesco approved the extension of the Biosphere Reserve of Doñana from 77,260 hectares to over 255,000 hectares and enabled compliance with the guidelines of the Man and Biosphere Program. This created a transition zone where the socio-economic interests of the various municipalities in the Doñana region are represented. In 2019, the police closed tens of illegal wells operated largely by fruit farmers around the park which had for many years been draining water away from the park's water table. In the same year, the EU commission decided to take Spain to the [[European Court of Justice]] (EJC) for violating EU conservation rules.<ref>{{Cite web |date=20 December 2020 |title=Water News Europe |url=waternewseurope.com/spain-taken-to-court-for-over-abstraction-aquifers-coto-donana/ |access-date=6 December 2022 |website=Water News Europe}}</ref> The court ruled in favor of the EU commission, stating that Spain has not fulfilled its obligations concerning the prevention of illegal water extraction as well as failed to take necessary measures to stop significant modifications of the park's landscape.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Jones |first=Sam |date=5 September 2022 |title=Over-consumption and drought reduce lake in vital Spanish wetland to puddle |url=theguardian.com/world/2022/sep/05/santa-olalla-lake-dries-up-in-spanish-wetland-blamed-on-overexploitation |access-date=5 December 2022 |website=The Guardian}}</ref> | During his tenure, the Spanish Prime Minister [[Felipe González]] began using Doñana as a vacation retreat, setting a precedent for his successors. In 2010, 9200 hectares of land on the coastline were expropriated by the former [[Ministry of Environment (Spain)|Ministry of the Environment]] for protection.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Rafael Méndez |date=30 August 2010 |title=Medio Ambiente expropia y protege 9.200 hectáreas de la costa de Doñana |url=http://elpais.com/diario/2010/08/30/sociedad/1283119202_850215.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/2013121...io/2010/08/30/sociedad/1283119202_850215.html |archive-date=December 17, 2013 |access-date=6 April 2014 |work=El País}}</ref> In July 2012, Unesco approved the extension of the Biosphere Reserve of Doñana from 77,260 hectares to over 255,000 hectares and enabled compliance with the guidelines of the Man and Biosphere Program. This created a transition zone where the socio-economic interests of the various municipalities in the Doñana region are represented. In 2019, the police closed tens of illegal wells operated largely by fruit farmers around the park which had for many years been draining water away from the park's water table. In the same year, the EU commission decided to take Spain to the [[European Court of Justice]] (EJC) for violating EU conservation rules.<ref>{{Cite web |date=20 December 2020 |title=Water News Europe |url=waternewseurope.com/spain-taken-to-court-for-over-abstraction-aquifers-coto-donana/ |access-date=6 December 2022 |website=Water News Europe}}</ref> The court ruled in favor of the EU commission, stating that Spain has not fulfilled its obligations concerning the prevention of illegal water extraction as well as failed to take necessary measures to stop significant modifications of the park's landscape.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Jones |first=Sam |date=5 September 2022 |title=Over-consumption and drought reduce lake in vital Spanish wetland to puddle |url=theguardian.com/world/2022/sep/05/santa-olalla-lake-dries-up-in-spanish-wetland-blamed-on-overexploitation |access-date=5 December 2022 |website=The Guardian}}</ref> |
| In 2023 the [[Junta de Andalucia]] sought to regularise illegal stawberry cultivation near the park. As mitigation, it acquired an estate called Veta la Palma. This added 7,000 ha to the area of the park. This property includes lagoons which were used for a failed fishing farming enterprise.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Moreno presenta la adquisición de Veta la Palma como garantía de la supervivencia de Doñana |url=https://www.diariosur.es/andalucia/...garantia-supervivencia-20240424203126-nt.html |work=Sur}}</ref> | In 2023 the [[Junta de Andalucia]] sought to regularise illegal stawberry cultivation near the park, but was blocked by the central government. A mitigation measure proposed by the Junta did go through at the end of the year. This was the acquisition of an estate called Veta la Palma which added 7,000 ha to the area of the park. This property includes lagoons which were used for a failed fishing farming enterprise.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Moreno presenta la adquisición de Veta la Palma como garantía de la supervivencia de Doñana |url=https://www.diariosur.es/andalucia/...garantia-supervivencia-20240424203126-nt.html |work=Sur}}</ref> |
| ==Climate== | ==Climate== |
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