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Law 5/2023, of March 17, regulates sustainable fishing and fishing research in Spain. Its objective is to protect marine biodiversity and promote environmental, economic, and social sustainability. The law establishes rules for the management, control, and commercialization of fishing, as well as for combating illegal fishing. It also includes provisions on the requirements to access fishing resources and establishes measures for their conservation and sustainable use. The law came into effect on March 19, 2023. [Extracted from the article]

Royal Decree 1057/2022, of December 27, approves the State Strategic Plan for Natural Heritage and Biodiversity until 2030, in accordance with Law 42/2007, on Natural Heritage and Biodiversity. The Plan responds to the need to develop the mandates of the law and comply with the requirements established in the evaluation of Spain's recovery and resilience plan. The Plan includes priority lines of action related to knowledge, protection, and conservation of nature, ecosystem recovery and restoration, reduction of threats, international cooperation, financing, governance, and legislative framework. Additionally, it aims to prevent the deterioration of ecosystems and promote a change in social awareness towards biodiversity. The Plan came into effect on December 31, 2022, and repeals the previous strategic plan. [Extracted from the article]

The Royal Decree 1056/2022, of December 27th, approves the Master Plan of the Network of Marine Protected Areas of Spain and the minimum common criteria for coordinated and coherent management of the Network. This plan aims to facilitate the functioning of the Network of Marine Protected Areas of Spain (RAMPE) and promote effective management of protected marine spaces. It also seeks to provide common management criteria and promote intersectoral cooperation. The Plan establishes guidelines for planning and conservation of protected marine spaces and minimum common criteria for the management of RAMPE. It will have a maximum duration of ten years. [Extracted from the article]

The Court of Justice of the European Union has condemned Spain for not adequately protecting the special conservation areas in the Canary Islands archipelago. The European Commission requested the Court to declare that Spain did not fulfill the obligations established in Directive 92/43/EEC for the conservation of natural habitats and protected species. The Court determined that Spain did not establish priorities or take adequate conservation and protection measures to prevent the deterioration of habitats and disturbances to species in these areas. This condemnation highlights the difficulties and costs that Spain faces in complying with European Union environmental regulations. [Extracted from the article]

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The article discusses sociological research of a network of scientific knowledge in the Spanish Research Network using citation analysis and bibliometric research. It also considers how these results can be used to support decision-making in science policy and the assessment of science and technology projects. The authors use the actor-network theory from sociology as the methodological framework of their research.

The Biodiversity Foundation has launched the BIODIVERSIA platform as an interactive inventory of Spain's natural heritage and biodiversity. The platform, in collaboration with the Ministry of Environment, Rural and Marine Affairs and the Ministry of Industry, Trade and Tourism, allows users to access official information generated by the Spanish Inventory of Natural Heritage and Biodiversity. Additionally, the platform includes a mapping server that provides access to information from the Ministry's Nature Database and offers featured news, an electronic resource library, a multimedia space, and working groups related to the inventory. [Extracted from the article]