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More resources to protect Menorca’s wildlife

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Menorca Preservation and GOB Menorca have signed a three-year collaboration agreement to strengthen the work dedicated to protecting the diversity of wildlife on land and at sea around the island. Much of the support will focus on implementing improvements at the Menorca Wildlife Recovery Centre (CRFSME) of COFIB (managed by the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Natural Environment) and GOB Menorca, with the aim of enhancing the quality of rescue and care services for wildlife, improving the physical recovery of animals, and ensuring their reintroduction into the natural environment with greater chances of success.

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From Ciutadella’s water crisis to Menorca’s sustainability challenge

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Ciutadella is one of the municipalities where underground water resources are in the worst state, to the point that the new General Plan is currently halted because it cannot guarantee supply for the projected population.

Two years ago, the Sustainable Water Management Plan for the municipality was drafted. GOB submitted comments because there were very concerning situations. Given the chronic nature of these issues for decades, the intervention by the Civil Guard and the judicial complaint, potentially qualifying as an environmental crime due to water management, were considered good news.

Now, it has been announced that the Government is approving the Water Management Plan, but no one has responded to the comments. Therefore, we recall them here so they do not remain in a drawer:

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Submit objections to the Rafal Rubí project

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Several organisations from different fields are joining forces to call for the Rafal Rubí junction to be executed in a way that respects the heritage values of the area. Associations or individuals who wish to support this cause can submit objections until this Friday, 16 May.

Attached to this note, you will find templates that can easily be adapted. Feel free to add or remove whatever you consider appropriate.

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“Rushing” to limit tourist vehicles

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Following the protest held in Maó demanding a maximum limit on tourist vehicles in Menorca, the Mobility Councillor has, for the first time, acknowledged that the island has an excess of tourist cars. This is a major step forward.

However, he immediately added that restrictions cannot be implemented this summer because such measures cannot be applied “overnight”.

To give people an overview of how this issue has developed in Menorca, we offer a brief timeline of events:

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Considerations on a second offshore wind project

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The GOB has submitted a document with considerations to the Ministry for Ecological Transition regarding the floating offshore wind farm project “Tramuntana Wind Menorca.” This is the second offshore wind farm proposal to emerge in Menorca. It involves larger turbines than the previous one and raises as many or more environmental uncertainties.

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The Menorca Beyond

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We are prisoners of the social moment in which we happen to live. At the end of the Franco regime, there was a strong desire for change, to break free from that barracks-like atmosphere. Everyone imagined a different reality, a different kind of society, with more breathable air. Now that we have freedom, a globalized economy, and countless whims within reach, it is harder to look beyond the wall.

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