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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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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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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
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With the recently created Hiking Group for the Detection of Territorial Messes (GEDET for short, in Catalan), the new Via Menorca campaign has started today with the first of the excursions planned for this winter.
Around 200 people set out to walk a route of contrasts. The preservation of the first kilometers along the Camí de Cavalls has clashed with the detection of three unprecedented damages, located in three agrotourism establishments close to each other, in the municipality of Alaior.
Continue reading Via Menorca denounces environmental misconduct threatening aquifers
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Custòdia Agrària, GOB Menorca’s land stewardship programme, has consolidated the Visitam un lloc (We visit a farm) field visits throughout 2025. This environmental education activity is part of the programme’s social engagement area and aims to offer students of all ages a direct and experiential understanding of the key role played by the primary sector in conserving Menorca’s landscape and its biodiversity. The activity is adapted for students in early childhood, primary and secondary education, as well as post-compulsory studies, from vocational training to adult education.
Throughout this year, 42 visits have taken place at agricultural holdings in Menorca, with the participation of nearly 900 students from different schools across the island. The visits allow students to spend a morning in the countryside and gain first-hand insight into different agricultural production models, all committed to sustainable management and the preservation of Menorca’s agrarian mosaic.
Continue reading Visitam un lloc: 900 Menorcan students discover sustainable farming in 2025
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The Plenary of the Constitutional Court has decided to admit the appeal lodged against the Balearic law that regulates the so-called “strategic residential projects.” This action has been promoted by different civic entities and has the formal support of more than fifty members of parliament from the Socialist, Sumar/Més and Mixed (Podem) groups, along with the involvement and work of their respective legal teams.
The Balearic Parliament approved Law 4/2025, known as the law on strategic residential projects, which allows the construction of houses on rural land without previous service provision in municipalities with more than 20,000 inhabitants, as well as on urban and developable land in municipalities with more than 10,000 inhabitants.
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Menorca’s organized civil society has achieved another victory in the conservation of the island’s landscape values. UNESCO has taken a position on the controversy surrounding the double-level roundabout that the Island Council intends to build at Rafal Rubí and has requested that the works be stopped and that a less impactful alternative be sought — precisely what civic entities have been asking for.
Several cultural, social, and environmental associations have jointly demanded that the design of the Rafal Rubí junction respect the guidelines established by UNESCO when Talayotic Menorca was declared a World Heritage Site.
Continue reading UNESCO halts the large Rafal Rubí bridge project
