By Mirna Borrego
This article was translated by Amairani Márquez and Manuel Eduardo Mendoza
The landscapes that we admire are part of ecosystems that provide many services and benefits to human beings such as water, food and protection from the weather, they are also essential to agricultural activities; this means, a great source of employment for many families. There is no other activity that depends more on the ecosystem and that is in more contact with nature than agriculture.
Last Wednesday, February 12, the seminar “Environmental Value of San Quintín Bay” was held at the facilities of Driscoll’s, an international company known for the production of strawberries, raspberries, blackberries and blueberries in different parts of the world and in San Quintín.
The objectives of this seminar were:
- Make known the work of Terra Peninsular and the environmental value of San Quintín Bay.
- Provide information of the natural areas protected by Terra Peninsular.
- Inform the attendees about species of flora and fauna that can be seen in cultivation areas, many of which are endemic and in a worrying state of conservation.
- Make people aware of the ecosystem services provided by nature.
- Have a constructive dialogue with producers on good farming practices and the benefits of compliance with them in order to achieve sustainable development.
In this Mediterranean region, soil and weather conditions are favorable for the large production of these fruits and in the search to certify their product with a high quality and environmentally friendly emblem.
The opening of a space to talk about the importance of the bay, the ecosystem services they provide us and the most fragile species of flora and fauna of the region, which can be seen in their agricultural land and as responsible users of the land, was drove.
The understanding and good use of these services will allow them to supply sufficient and quality food, so that management measures and conservation actions can be better implemented, which will contribute to the development of good farming practices.
The seminar was attended by 45 Driscoll’s San Quintín members, from Terra Peninsular joined me Pamela Castro, Conservation Department Leader and Enrique Alfaro, San Quintin’s Operation and Field Officer.