The Fundació Zoo and Damm team up to promote conservation projects for native species

The agreement will help strengthen recovery projects such as the one for the Majorca midwife toad

The Fundació Zoo has signed a collaboration agreement with Damm to jointly promote conservation projects for native species. The coordination between the two organisations has helped establish a work calendar for 2022 and 2023 within the framework of the Zoo’s recovery and monitoring projects for native species. 

Coinciding with International Biodiversity Day on Sunday, 22 May, the signing of the agreement is in line with Barcelona Zoo’s desire to continue promoting a model that is committed to animal welfare and the conservation of biodiversity, and to launch projects which contribute to research, conservation, education and awareness about threatened species and the protection of ecosystems. 

The agreement is part of the commitment by Damm to look after the environment, in line with the company's key goals of reducing its impact on the environment, combating climate change and protecting biodiversity. 

Promotion of the project to protect the Majorcan midwife toad

Among the species included in the agreement, there will be a boost for the work to conserve the midwife toad, an amphibian exclusive to the Tramuntana mountain range in Majorca. 

Barcelona Zoo started work in this area in 1993, in collaboration with the government of the Balearic Islands.Populations of this species, previously considered extinct, have been stabilised since then. 

The agreement will help the Zoo with the work carried out on its premises, such as the genetic characterisation of the species, studies of epidemiological risk and monitoring of animals introduced into the natural habitat. 

Over 1,500 individuals have been born at the Zoo since the project started, 95% of which have been given to the Majorcan authorities to be reintroduced. The data show the success of the project, which has stabilised populations of a species considered extinct and for which only fossils had been recorded.