Map of Special Conservation Areas (ZEC) of Castilla y León

Map of Special Conservation Areas (ZEC) of Castilla y León. Together with the Special Protection Areas for Birds (SPA), the Natura 2000 Network is part of the Network of Natural Protected Areas (RANP) of Castilla y León (Law 4/2015 of 24 March 2015 on Natural Heritage of Castile and Leon). SCI declared SACs by Decree 57/2015 of 10 September 2015 declaring special areas of conservation and special protection areas for birds, and regulating the basic management and conservation planning of the Natura 2000 network in Castilla y León. Layer formed by the aggregation of the cartographic adaptation of the boundaries of the Castile-Leon SACs, at reference scale 1:10.000. Cartographic adaptation of the limits of a space to the cartographic adjustment aimed at increasing its accuracy and reliability, which derives from the improvement of the analysis instruments and cartographic bases from its definition. These limits have been adjusted, as a general rule, to the official cartography (basic, thematic or derivative), of greater precision in force, with legal validity or territorial representation. The proposal for such mapping adjustments was made available to the public in conjunction with the proposal for a declaration of the SACs and SPAs, through the Resolution of 8 October 2014 of the Ministry of Promotion and Environment, which submitted to public hearing and information the draft decree declaring special areas of conservation and the Special Protection Areas for Birds and regulating the basic management and conservation planning of the Natura 2000 Network in the Community of Castilla y León. Those adjustments have been approved by the European Commission through Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2016/2328 of 9 December 2016 adopting the tenth updated list of sites of Community importance for the Mediterranean biogeographical region and Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2016/2335 of 9 December 2016 adopting the tenth updated list of sites of Community importance for the Atlantic biogeographical region; and by Resolution of 24 January 2017 of the Directorate-General for Natural Environment, which approves and publicises the adjustments of the limits of the Special Areas of Conservation and the Special Protection Areas for Birds of the Natura 2000 Network of Castilla y León.