Learning to Protect the Sea Through Observation

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GOB Menorca, with the support of Menorca Preservation and Fundació Marilles, continues to promote the educational project “Observar per estimar” (“Observing to Care”), an initiative that invites children and young people on the island to discover the marine environment through curiosity, respect and mindful observation.

After the positive reception of the first edition, the workshops return this year with new sessions and the expectation of reaching more educational centres and participants across Menorca.

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Manifesto against Overcrowding and Proposals for Course Correction

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Many people have asked to see the analysis of the issues that was read at last Saturday’s gathering on the 13th at the Biosphere Square, as well as the proposals that were put forward.

In response to this repeated request, we are providing the full text that was read. We hope it will help clarify concepts, improve conversations and seek real solutions.

We also hope it will help counter repeated attempts to divert attention to other issues, or to show that this is not an all-or-nothing debate. We are calling for limits to be placed on certain dynamics that are getting out of control and generating multiple negative effects.

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Thursday 18, narrative photography talk at the Port of Maó

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Images can go beyond aesthetics and become a tool to observe, denounce, move emotions and tell stories.

This coming Thursday, the 18th, at the Port Center of Maó – Cruise Terminal, at 7.30 pm, a talk will be given by Carlos Permuy, a photographer specialised in documentary photography and visual narrative.

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The ants have come out of the anthill: Via Menorca launches the “ESTEIM FARTES” campaign

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The new Via Menorca campaign kicked off this Saturday, June 13, under the slogan ESTEIM FARTES (WE ARE FED UP).

Around 1,200 people once again gathered in the square in front of the Menorca Island Council to express their dissatisfaction with the direction the island is taking.

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Symptomatic poppies

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Island botany constantly offers us examples of adaptation and survival capacity. Plants that grow in very poor and shallow soils, in land that is constantly being transformed, as well as in the cracks of buildings and asphalt pavements.

Poppies are one of these examples of resilience. Even if there are only a few, they stand out easily in a cereal field. Being in a clear minority, among thousands of almost identical ears of grain, does not prevent the eye from being drawn to the difference in colour, elegance, attractiveness and composure.

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Via Menorca demonstration, also against precariousness

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On Saturday the 13th we will also attend the demonstration at Plaça de la Biosfera to protest against the growing economic precariousness. As tourism volume has increased, the island’s GDP per capita has decreased. We are on a path that does not point to a pleasant future, and a change of direction must be demanded.

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14 June – Open day at the Menorca Wildlife Recovery Centre

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The Menorca Wildlife Recovery Centre will open its doors to the public this Sunday, 14 June, for a special open day from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., as part of the conservation and environmental awareness activities it carries out throughout the year. The Centre operates under an agreement between GOB Menorca and the Consortium for Wildlife Recovery (COFIB), with the supervision of the Balearic Government’s Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries, and Natural Environment.

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Homeless people, empty homes: 13/06/2026

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It is estimated that in Menorca there are approximately 114,000 tourist beds, of which around 54,000 correspond to hotels and apartments, and another 30,000 correspond to authorised homes (most of which were previously used as residential housing). The remaining 30,000 places are offered in homes without a tourist licence.

When basic needs are left solely in the hands of the market, they end up going to whoever can pay the most. In recent years, we have seen that the number of tourists visiting the island has increased by around 80% in 15 years. Most of this significant increase is being accommodated in houses.

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Cala Galdana: ending impunity

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For many years, the stream at Cala Galdana has suffered repeated pollution discharges. Numerous inspections have been carried out by different monitoring and enforcement bodies, yet the source of the periodic spills that alter the colour and smell of the water flowing from the Algendar ravine has still not been identified.

It is urgent that the municipalities of Ferreries and Ciutadella excavate inspection trenches along both sides of the stream and intercept any pipelines that do not serve a public purpose. Only then will it be possible to identify those responsible and put an end to the current situation of impunity.

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Esteim fartes! [We are fed up!] New Via Menorca T-shirt

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Via Menorca calls on the ants to leave the anthill and defend the island from pressure and threats. A campaign T-shirt has been produced.

We would like to remind everyone that the rally will take place on Saturday 13 June in front of the Menorca Island Council, at Plaça Biosfera, at 7.30 pm.

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