Ecological management and naturalisation

The parks and gardens of Barcelona play a key role in the city's transformation. This involves changing the way these spaces are planned, designed, and managed. 

We are committed to regenerating parks and gardens, improving their distribution across neighbourhoods, and ensuring easy access for everyone, as these green spaces provide an opportunity to connect with nature and enhance people's quality of life and well-being.

The commitment to ecological management and the naturalisation of green spaces aims to increase nature in the city, creating ecosystems that are more resilient to climate change, less vulnerable to its effects, and that enhance plant richness and animal biodiversity. 

The planned approach for Barcelona involves applying ecological management to all of the city’s green spaces, while naturalisation is carried out wherever feasible.

Ecological management

In Barcelona, we manage our parks and gardens using sustainable practices to maintain green spaces efficiently and in harmony with the environment.

We promote a culture of more sustainable green maintenance, with reduced use of chemicals and greater benefits for the community. 

Barcelona supports integrated pest and disease management, using chemical treatments only as a last resort.

We avoid buying invasive plants and use native plant species

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We improve the living conditions of trees and shrubs

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We conserve the local fauna

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We avoid the use of chemical products

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Naturalisation

Naturalising green spaces means managing them to support natural processes and allowing the spontaneous entry of flora and fauna.

  • We promote a mix of different types of vegetation, including grasses, shrubs, and trees.
  • We design biodiversity shelters.
  • We improve the vegetation structure to incorporate trees, shrubs, and herbaceous plants.
  • We improve the soil and its cover.
  • We plant more local species to support wildlife.
  • We install structures for wildlife.
  • We conserve and promote protected plant and animal species.
  • We monitor overly abundant wildlife species and invasive exotic plant species.
  • We allow grasses to grow into urban meadows and herbaceous areas with greater ecological value, and we sow flower meadows that attract pollinators and beneficial wildlife.