"In a statement earlier this week, the foundation announced that the project had been abandoned in light of the territorial, urban planning and environmental constraints and limitations. It added: New alternatives will be explored in order to face the challenge of elaborating a proposal that responds to the museum's objective of growing in order to remain a leading cultural institution internationally and a driving force in the Basque Country's cultural, economic and social scene."
"The scheme's backers, who include the Guggenheim Foundation, the Basque government and local and regional authorities, had claimed the new museum's twin sites one in the Basque town of Guernica and one in the nearby Urdaibai reserve would help revitalise the area, attract investment and create jobs. But opponents said the scheme was being pushed through without proper consultation and would wreck Urdaibai, a 22,068-hectare site that was declared a biosphere reserve by Unesco in 1984."
Environmental groups and local campaigners in the Basque Country welcomed the scrapping of a proposed Guggenheim museum outpost on the Urdaibai biosphere reserve, a vital habitat for wildlife and migrating birds. Backers, including the Guggenheim Foundation and Basque authorities, had argued twin sites in Guernica and Urdaibai would revitalise the area, attract investment and create jobs. Opponents said the scheme lacked proper consultation and would wreck Urdaibai, a 22,068-hectare site designated a Unesco biosphere reserve in 1984. The foundation abandoned the project citing territorial, urban planning and environmental constraints and said it will explore alternatives to meet growth objectives.
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