Green, Andy J. http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1268-4951
Guardiola-Albert, Carolina http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9352-7618
Bravo-Utrera, Miguel Ángel
Bustamante, Javier http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5280-3038
Camacho, Antonio http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0841-2010
Camacho, Carlos http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9704-5816
Contreras-Arribas, Eva
Espinar, José L.
Gil-Gil, Teresa http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6795-3573
Gomez-Mestre, Iván
Heredia-Díaz, Javier http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0714-3226
Kohfahl, Claus
Negro, Juan José http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8697-5647
Olías, Manuel
Revilla, Eloy
Rodríguez-González, Patricia M. http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8507-8429
Rodríguez-Rodríguez, Miguel
Ruíz-Bermudo, Fernando
Santamaría, Luis http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5072-2912
Schmidt, Guido
Serrano-Reina, José Antonio
Díaz-Delgado, Ricardo http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0460-4616
Funding for this research was provided by:
Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology (2020.03356.CEECIND)
SUMHAL (LIFEWATCH-2019-09-CSIC-13)
Horizon 2020 Framework Programme (INFRAIA 871128)
Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas
Article History
Received: 14 June 2023
Accepted: 21 December 2023
First Online: 25 January 2024
Declarations
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: The authors have no relevant financial or non-financial interests to disclose.
: AEA’s statement regarding a complete lack of competing interests is surprising, since the article addresses a Ramsar Site and a UNESCO World Heritage Site, and all three authors work for, or were paid by, the Ramsar secretariat, the UNESCO World Heritage Centre, or the IUCN World Heritage Programme. Arguably it may be in the interest of those working on behalf of these international institutions to demonstrate that their programmes lead to adequate site protection. The statement of competing interests in a closely related publication by Acreman and Salathe (CitationRef removed) therefore seems more appropriate. It is noteworthy that Doñana has been included in the Montreux Record of the Ramsar Convention (for Ramsar sites where changes in ecological character have occurred, are occurring or are likely to occur) since due to “over-exploitation of regional aquifers, leading to a drop in groundwater levels and a reduction in the extent and duration of seasonal flooding in the marshes”.