Threats to the Garraf Natural Park, Barcelona
| Threat | Impact | Management |
| Quarrying: vital for the local and national economy - a valuable export and essential to the growth of the construction industry | ||
| Landfill: Enough power to light up the entire city of Barcelona could - in theory - be provided from one Spanish landfill site. The controlled landfill site of Vall d'en Joan - Garraf - is the largest landfill site in Spain, and one of the largest in Europe. It is located in the centre of the Natural Park of Garraf on the outskirts of Barcelona. Since its opening in 1974, more than 25 million tonnes of refuse has been deposited there before it closed in 2005. The landfill site occupies an area of around 64 hectares and, although the depth varies with the original contours of the landfill site, it is over 100 metres deep in places, filling a complex valley system. |
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| Settlement: housing pressures and a trend towards larger areas occupied by detached housing. | ||
| Tourism: increasing rural and eco-tourism and active leisure pursuits, with a decline in traditional passive coastal tourism, | ||
| Fire: increasing forest fires | ||
| Loss of architectural heritage: abandonment of terraces, rock shelters etc. | ||
| Traffic: rising levels of car ownership | ||
| Electricity Lines: eyesore, threat of fires and raptor electrocution | ||
| Forestry: unsustainable practices, soil erosion, track erosion, etc. | ||
| Education: increasing demand for environmental education |