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The building of a new sewage plant in Ferreries, to replace the anaerobic lagoon that has worked until now, has exposed a problem which has been building up for many years. Sludge from the old installation was full of heavy metal making a dangerously toxic residue. The current situation has had a long and non-restrictive history. Continue reading Evidence in the mud from the sewage plant
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GOB Menorca is asking all its members and friends to propose people or groups suitable for receiving the Pere Prats Prize for the Environment which is awarded annually. Continue reading Participate in The Pere Prats Prize for the Environment
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There is an exhibition in the conference and exhibition hall of the Molí del Rei (GOB´s centre in Mahon on the Camí des Castell, 53) on Water in Menorca. This exhibition is made principally out of reused materials to give an explanation of the state of fresh water in Menorca. Continue reading Exhibition “Water in Menorca”
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Now is the time to plant seeds and plants for the kitchen garden. Es Viver, the nursery garden of GOB, has ecological plants for sale which are local varieties particularly adapted to the climate, needing less water, are stronger and less likely to become diseased, and are of the highest gastronomic quality. Continue reading Time to plant up the kitchen garden
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The Consell Insular and GOB have organised an excursion on foot for Sunday 25 September. It will visit the settlement of Son Mercer de Baix with its domestic (naviform) structures, where there are different habitation chambers special to the area called Cova des Moro. Continue reading Sunday 25 September: Excursion on foot to Son Mercer de Baix
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The enlargement of the Son Salomó solar park, to the north of Ciutadella, brings into focus the debate on renewable energies and the use of land. It is an issue which is never easy to resolve but which must be confronted sensitively and from a responsible point of view. Continue reading Renewable energy and land space – a necessary debate
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During this month of September you still have the opportunity to visit the Hospital for Wild Animals near Ciutadella. You can do this from Wednesdays to Saturdays from 17.30 until sunset. Continue reading New hours for the Hospital for Wild Animals
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The practice of giving a picture of the farming industry as being part of the countryside and the landscape is sometimes used to mask less attractive activities. The draft of a law being drawn up by the Directorate General for Agriculture of the Balearic Government to give exemptions on conditions for buildings and agricultural facilities includes parts which appear unacceptable. Continue reading Agricultural exemptions or building deregulation in the country?
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4 red kites, 1 booted eagle, 4 kestrels, 2 barn owls, 5 ravens, 3 gulls and 2 unidentified birds make the list of birds electrocuted during 2015 and 2016 and which, at the moment, is on the record of the Council for the Environment of the Balearic Government, the ministry responsible for the protection of endangered species. Continue reading At least 21 birds electrocuted recently in Menorca
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The coexistence of boats and swimmers; whether or not to create new pontoons for more moorings; the reasonable price which can be made on water sports; the environmental effects on the sea bed are just some of the problems and discussions which happen every year. Continue reading An Island Coastal Plan remains very necessary
