Spain’s Donana wetlands going dry, WWF warns

The WWF warned the Donana wetlands on Spain's southern coast, a crucial refuge for Europe's Africa-bound migratory birds, now only receive a fifth of the water they need. -AFP filepic

MADRID: It’s one of Europe’s most important wetland reserves, a World Heritage site full of lagoons, woodlands, pristine beaches and dunes, home to more than 4,000 species including the endangered Iberian lynx.

But the WWF warned Thursday that the Donana wetlands on Spain’s southern coast, which also act as a crucial refuge for Europe’s Africa-bound migratory birds, now only receive a fifth of the water they need, in part due to illegal farming.