Areas of naturalistic interest included in the Spatial Planning Guidelines (DOT)

Mapping of the areas of naturalistic interest included in the Land Planning Guidelines of the Basque Country (DOT) at a scale of 1:25,000 (year 1997). Law 4/1990 of 31 May 1990 on the planning of the territory of the Basque Country defines the spatial planning instruments of the Basque Country. Among them, the Territorial Planning Guidelines (DOT) constitute the general framework of reference and to them the rest of the documents that are made must be adapted. The aforementioned Law establishes, as one of the determinations that must be included in the DOT, "the delimitation and precise definition of the areas or areas that must be subject to special protection in order to preserve their ecological, cultural or economic values and ensure, where appropriate, the rational exploitation of the natural resources existing in them, in accordance with the specific legislation in each applicable case." For these areas, a regulation is included, with binding character, that refers to the uses and activities in them prohibited, admissible or propitiated. In addition, in the DOT an "Open List of Areas of Natural Interest" is attached, as spaces to be taken into consideration by territorial, sectoral and municipal planning in order to preserve their ecological, cultural and economic values.In some cases, these areas have already been included (fully or partially) in other protection figures.