A connected landscape
Surveying a mountain range takes a network of the same scale.
A grant from the Foundation for the Conservation of Salamanders made it possible to survey pathogens in hundreds of populations across the Cantabrian region.
Covering this extensive area, from Galicia to the Basque Country, requires local knowledge, coordination and continuity in sample collection.
The Consejería de Medio Ambiente del Principado de Asturias, César Ayres, Ismael Espasandín and the Sociedad de Ciencias Aranzadi are among the partners contributing to this shared effort.
Disease surveillance becomes more precise when it draws on the people who know each area.
Cooperation between public authorities, associations and local specialists makes it possible to cover an entire region.
