Editing Cantabria (section)

===Natural parks===
[[File:Parques Naturales y Nacionales de Cantabria.png|thumb|[[Natural park (Spain)|Natural]] and [[national park]]s in Cantabria: 
1. Picos de Europa National Park
2. Collados del Asón Natural Park
3. Dunas de Liencres Natural Park
4. Macizo de Peña Cabarga Natural Park
5. Oyambre Natural Park
6. Saja-Besaya Natural Park
7. Santoña, Victoria and Joyel Marshes Natural Park]]
There are seven natural areas in this autonomous community designated as [[natural park (Spain)|Natural]] or [[national park]]s:
*[[Picos de Europa National Park]]
*Collados del Asón Natural Park
*[[Santoña, Victoria and Joyel Marshes Natural Park]]
*Macizo de Peña Cabarga Natural Park
*Oyambre Natural Park
*[[Saja-Besaya Natural Park]]
*Dunes of Liencres Natural Park

The most important of these is the Picos de Europa National Park, which affects Castile and León and Asturias in addition to Cantabria, the three autonomous communities sharing its management. Santoña, Victoria and Joyel [[marsh]]es are also [[Special Protection Area]]s for the birds (ZEPA<ref>{{in lang|es}} [http://www.mapa.es/es/desarrollo/pags/vigilanciaambiental/mapa12.htm Programa de Vigilancia Ambiental del Plan Nacional de Regadios.] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070630214752/http://www.mapa.es/es/desarrollo/pags/vigilanciaambiental/mapa12.htm |date=30 June 2007 }} Ministerio de Agricultura, Pesca y Alimentación (M.A.P.A.); retrieved 9 June 2007.</ref>).

Furthermore, nine [[Site of Community Importance|Sites of Community Importance]] (LIC<ref>{{in lang|es}} [http://www.mma.es/portal/secciones/biodiversidad/rednatura2000/rednatura_espana/lic/lic.htm Biodiversity: Lugares de Importancia Comunitaria.] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110221084640/http://www.mma.es/portal/secciones/biodiversidad/rednatura2000/rednatura_espana/lic/lic.htm |date=21 February 2011 }} Ministerio de Medio Ambiente. Retrieved on 9 June 2007.</ref>) have been declared: Western Mountain, Eastern Mountain, Western Rias and Oyambre Dunes, Dunes of [[Liencres]] and Estuary of the Pas, El Puntal Dunes and Estuary of the Miera, Ria de Ajo, Marshes of [[Noja]]-[[Santoña]], [[Escudo de Cabuérniga Range]] and several caves with important [[bat]] colonies.
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