In 2025, the Biosphere Reserve applied for grants from the Provincial Council of A Coruña, focusing on the conservation of a highly degraded core area, the Abegondo-Cecebre reservoir, mainly through the implementation of two actions:

1. Translocation of macrophytes in the surroundings

Since the arrival of the American crayfish (Procambarus clarkii) in our territory, this species has been identified as responsible for multiple environmental catastrophes in this area: reduction of amphibian populations, increased water turbidity, massive predation on odonates, and the loss of macrophyte vegetation, often due to the ecological inertia caused by invasive exotic species.

Through these small translocations, we aim to evaluate the predation effect of the American crayfish on these macrophytes, as well as the impact that variations in the reservoir’s water level have on riparian vegetation.

2. Maintenance of alluvial forest (91E0*)

During the LIFE FLUVIAL project, an alluvial forest restoration was carried out in Cecebre on a plot previously reforested with pine trees, through their removal and the planting of native riparian species such as hazel, ash, willow, and birch trees.

Silvicultural maintenance treatments will be carried out to control pine, gorse, or other invasive species regrowth.