The Cádiz Free Trade Zone building is once again the meeting point of this platform, established last April and made up of more than 25 entities from the scientific, productive and conservation fields.
The meeting has addressed the challenges of conservation and recovery of the marshes and salt flats of the Bay of Cádiz and has included the presentation of three studies on these natural spaces.
The Incubazul building in the Free Trade Zone of Cádiz has hosted a new meeting of the Bahía Azul Alliance, a platform made up of more than 25 entities from different fields that work together to face the environmental and economic challenges of the Bay of Cádiz and promote the development of sustainable activities linked to its natural resources.
The meeting reinforces the role of Incubazul as a meeting space, exchange of knowledge and shared work between institutions, the scientific community, productive sectors and conservation organizations, which find in these facilities a place to advance collaborative initiatives related to the Blue Economy.
The Bahía Azul Alliance was established last April, also in Incubazul, with the aim of promoting an action plan for the Bahía de Cádiz Natural Park that allows progress in the recovery of the marshes, the conservation of wetlands and their protection against the effects of climate change, as well as improving the conditions for the development of activities such as aquaculture, saliculture and nature tourism.
Among the more than 25 entities that make up this platform are representatives of the productive and salt sector, scientific institutions such as the UCA, the Institute of Marine Sciences of Andalusia (ICMAN-CSIC), the Spanish Institute of Oceanography (IEO-CSIC) and CTAQUA, as well as conservation organizations such as the Spanish Society of Ornithology and the Cádiz Society of Natural History.
The initiative seeks to promote dialogue and coordination between the different agents involved in the conservation and sustainable use of these spaces, as well as promote the collaboration of public administrations to face shared challenges and facilitate the development of projects in the territory.
On this occasion, the meeting included the presentation of the SALINNOVA, SALEMPRENDE and SALACTIVA projects, three studies focused on the evaluation of the state of conservation of the traditional salt flats of the Bay of Cádiz and on the analysis of their recovery possibilities through economic activities compatible with environmental protection.
These works have allowed us to delve deeper into one of the main challenges of the Bay of Cádiz: making compatible the conservation of a natural, historical and cultural heritage of extraordinary value with the maintenance and development of sustainable economic activities that contribute to its protection and recovery.
The celebration of this new meeting of the Bahía Azul Alliance in Incubazul reflects the vocation of the Cádiz Free Trade Zone to offer spaces open to knowledge, innovation and cooperation between entities that work in different aspects of the Blue Economy. The building is thus consolidated not only as a headquarters for entrepreneurial and business projects, but also as a reference place for debate and joint work on the challenges and opportunities that the sea poses for the future of the province.
This line of work is part of the strategy developed by the Consortium through Incubazul and Blue Core, two complementary projects that configure an ecosystem to support entrepreneurship, innovation and business growth around the Blue Economy. Blue Core represents an evolution of the model started with Incubazul, expanding its resources and services to facilitate the consolidation of innovative initiatives, their digitalization and their connection with the productive fabric.
The ZF Blue Core-Business Incubator 4.0 project is 85% financed by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF), within the Pluriregional Operational Program of Spain FEDER 2021-2027, through the INCYDE Foundation of the Chambers of Commerce, within the framework of priority P1A of the High Technology Incubators 4.0 Incubators Program, aimed at promoting a digital and intelligent transition.