February 4, 2020 - The State Commission for Natural Heritage and Biodiversity, a participatory body for biodiversity issues represented by the State Administration and the Autonomous Communities, has proposed including the wolf in the List of Wild Species under Special Protection. This would standardize the species' protection status nationwide and mean it would no longer be considered a game species. Until now, only populations south of the Duero River were included on the list, while those in the north were considered game in some autonomous communities.

February 9, 2021 – The Ministry for Ecological Transition and the Demographic Challenge (MITECO) has today opened the prior public consultation process on the draft Ministerial Order to include all Iberian wolf populations in the List of Wild Species under Special Protection, as adopted on February 4 by the State Commission for Natural Heritage and Biodiversity, a participatory body on biodiversity matters in which the general State Administration and the Autonomous Communities are represented.

February 15, 2021 – The Vice President and Minister for Ecological Transition and the Demographic Challenge, Teresa Ribera, held a meeting today with the regional ministers of Castile and León, Galicia, Asturias, and Cantabria to address the new scenario following the decision to include all Iberian wolf populations in the List of Wild Species under Special Protection, adopted by the State Commission for Natural Heritage and Biodiversity at its meeting on February 4.

February 23, 2021.- The Vice President and Minister for Ecological Transition and the Demographic Challenge, Teresa Ribera, explained today, during the control session in the Senate, that the inclusion of the wolf in the List of Species under Special Protection Regime implies the involvement of the General State Administration in financing the protection of the Iberian wolf in order to improve its coexistence with human activities that take place in the territories where it lives and prevent livestock farmers from bearing the sole costs of possible damages.

Cabañeros National Park, located between the provinces of Ciudad Real and Toledo and co-managed by the Ministry for Ecological Transition and the Demographic Challenge (MITECO) and the Ministry of Sustainable Development of Castilla-La Mancha in collaboration with SEO/Birdlife, has launched three webcams that will broadcast live the breeding season of a colony of lesser kestrels (Falco naumanni) and a nest of barn owls (Tyto alba). The broadcast can be accessed through this link.

February 25, 2021.- The Vice President and Minister for Ecological Transition and the Demographic Challenge, Teresa Ribera, announced this afternoon in the Senate the creation of a technical group to work on a harmonized model for wolf management and conservation.

The LIFE project "Bears with a Future" began its public launch today with the aim of facilitating the adaptation of the Cantabrian bear to climate change. This initiative, coordinated by the Brown Bear Foundation, includes the Biodiversity Foundation of the Ministry for Ecological Transition and the Demographic Challenge as a partner.

March 25, 2021—The Vice President and Minister for Ecological Transition and the Demographic Challenge, Teresa Ribera, today inaugurated the meeting “Forest Restoration: A Path to Recovery and Well-being,” as part of the #Biodirectos series organized by the Biodiversity Foundation and held to commemorate the International Day of Forests, which took place last Sunday, March 21. This year, the initiative has focused on revitalizing the health of forests, something that is to our own benefit, as it contributes to creating jobs, mitigating climate change, and safeguarding biodiversity.

The Ministry for Ecological Transition and the Demographic Challenge (MITECO), in collaboration with the Ministry of Forestry of the Republic of the Congo and the Jane Goodall Institute, has completed the training of the first canine unit in the Republic of the Congo specialized in the detection of endangered species subject to illegal trafficking.

The Secretary of State for the Environment, Hugo Morán, has inaugurated the 1st Spanish Botanical Congress, which will take place from today until the 10th in Toledo. In his speech, Morán highlighted the value of knowledge about flora as a tool for addressing the environmental challenge.