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The ordinary and extraordinary assemblies of the insular section of GOB Menorca are convened for Monday, December 22, at the GOB Menorca headquarters (Camí des Castell, 53, Maó).
Continue reading Monday 22: Annual Assembly of GOB Menorca – Participate!
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There is now a ruling on the actions that GOB reported to the Urban Planning Enforcement Consortium regarding a property near Binixíquer, where a large racing track had been built, dry-stone walls had been removed, and other urban development operations had begun.
Continue reading Restoration of the motocross track and other works required
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Custòdia Agrària, GOB Menorca’s land stewardship programme, closes the year with an agreement with Torralba Petit, an olive oil production farm. The estate, covering 5 hectares and located in Alaior, has one thousand olive trees, mainly of the Arbequina and Coratina varieties. In addition, the farm includes a plot with two hundred olive trees from fifty different varieties originating from different countries around the Mediterranean basin.
The Torralba Petit farm is jointly run by Manuel Martínez Corroza, who holds a degree in Business Administration, is a graduate in Olive Growing and the landowner, and Bernat Pons Durà, an agricultural technician and the farm’s farmer. One of the main objectives is to combine organic olive oil production with nature conservation. To achieve this, efforts are made to keep the soil covered with vegetation, preserve small wooded areas, create water points to enhance biodiversity, and control pests using natural methods that replace the use of agrotoxins.
Continue reading The organic olive oil from Torralba Petit joins the Custòdia Agrària programme
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The Balearic Ports Authority is promoting a new regulation to govern coexistence within the port service area of the Port of Maó. Among the activities it seeks to restrict are swimming in non-marked areas, placing chairs, camping with motorhomes, or eating and drinking inside a vehicle, a practice interpreted by the text as camping. The GOB has submitted a letter requesting a reconsideration of the current zoning.
Continue reading The Port of Maó’s zoning, key to organising its uses
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The Balearic Islands are territories heavily strained by tourist saturation. Menorca, which had been the island most shielded from this dynamic, has again broken records in the number of annual tourists (exceeding 1.7 million). Meanwhile, public money continues to be invested in tourism promotion, and there is no news of any limitation on tourist vehicles for the coming summer.
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It has calculated the space well. It must be enough for its needs, but not excessively large so it cannot cope with the work. It will first make the spokes that radiate from the centre of the imagined circumference, and then join them with increasingly closer segments.
It has the wax in liquid form inside its abdomen and will extract it so that, when in contact with the air, it becomes an elastic, sticky and resistant material. It will build a barely visible mesh to trap insects.
But it cannot make mistakes with the dimensions. If the covered area is too small, it risks not catching enough food. If the area of the web exceeds the measurements, the spider may run out of material, weaken and die. Having the right measure is key.
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More than one hundred people related to cultural heritage and its management from across the State — including professors, PhDs, members of ICOMOS, landscape experts, geographers, architects and museum directors — have signed a statement asking the Island Council of Menorca to halt a project that affects an area declared World Heritage.
This controversy arises from the intention to build a two-level roundabout at the Rafal Rubí junction, in the eastern part of the island and next to an archaeological site where, in 2013, work began but was halted due to the withdrawal of the contract. During this time, Menorca applied to be declared World Heritage because of its valuable Talayotic legacy, and UNESCO already requested that the half-built junction be removed because it constituted a very significant alteration of the landscape of one of the protected areas included in the candidacy. This request was explicitly repeated when Menorca received the World Heritage designation in September 2023.
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As the year is coming to an end, it is time to assess the work carried out in order to approach 2026 with the desire to do things as well as possible. Your feedback, and that of the people who follow the projects, positions and activities carried out by GOB Menorca, is very important to us.
This is why we ask you to answer these five questions. It will take you little time, but it will be very useful to help us improve.
Continue reading Take the survey and help us assess the work of GOB Menorca
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The registration form for the European GOV4ALL project has been published. It is oriented towards improving soil fertility and health through sustainable and innovative practices. It is addressed to 15 farms in Menorca, both conventional and organic. 8 livestock farms, 4 horticultural farms and 3 woody crop farms, which will be selected to:
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In the development of Platges de Fornells, procedures have begun to allow the construction of 116 villas and 297 hotel beds. During the environmental assessment phase, GOB has written to the Balearic Government to warn that there is no water available in the aquifer.
This development in the north of Menorca started its procedures in 1969, when it was declared a National Tourism Interest Centre by the Francoist Ministry of Tourism. Construction began in the 1980s, and the Island Territorial Plan of 2003 redefined its configuration, as happened with many other planned tourist growths.
Continue reading Platges de Fornells, no water for more villas and hotels
