The dehesa covers over 3 million hectares in the Iberian peninsula.
More than a third in the Euroace region.
This is an agrarian system of great natural value
but which, nevertheless, is seriously threatened and about which the information is widely dispersed.
Now it is intended that conservation of the dehesa should have another ally: an observatory.
The observatory is going to consist basically of a web page which has three main parts,
one which will be a web of contents specific to the dehesa,
which will have information ranging from management systems, manufacture of products,
legislation, grants and subsidies, recommended practices and more.
Another important part will be the digital library which will initially have over a thousand explanatory and scientific documents,
and a third part will be a geoportal allowing access to geospacial and cartographic information
related to the dehesa and organised in a geographic information system.
The main objective is to make access to information about the dehesa easier.
It's intended to give a broad, overall picture,
which is easily accessible for those responsible for managing and preserving it,
and hopefully to collaborate in taking effective decisions.
Apart from information, this project also conducts its own scientific studies.
Another of the parts of this research, apart from the web of the observatory,
consists of carrying out scientific studies aimed at resolving the main problems that the dehesa faces at the moment.
In this case, we're trying out various prototypes of tree protectors, looking for, not only effectiveness,
but also a reduction in their cost.
And so, step by step, to manage to look after and make use of all the resources the dehesa offers us.