The Natura 2000 Network will represent a European network destined to insure the long-term survival of the most threatened species and habitats in Europe, contributing to the prevention of the loss of biodiversity caused by the adverse impact of human activities.

This is the main instrument for the conservation of nature in the European Union, designed with coherent and homogenous scientific criteria for all the member states.

The Red Natura 2000 will integrate what is known as the “Special Protection Areas for Birds (SPAB)” created through the application of the 79/409/CEE Directive or Birds Directive, and the future “Special Conservation Areas (SCAs)”, which derive from the 92/43/CEE Directive or Habitats Directive.

The Natural Park of l’Albufera has been declared a SPAB area on the basis of the 94/24/CE directive, of 8 June 1994.

It has also been proposed as a PCI in the national list of proposed Places of Community Importance within the biogeographical Mediterranean region.