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The Island Council of Menorca’s plan to go ahead with the construction of a two-level overpass at Rafal Rubí is turning into an international scandal. The Ministry of Culture has had to intervene, the Director of the Menorca Talaiòtica Agency has resigned, and so has the main UNESCO consultant who made the declaration possible. It is evident that things are not being handled well.
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It has always been said—by playwrights and anthropologists alike—that there is a fine line between love and possession, between affection and alienation, between a healthy relationship and harmful control. The same can be said of the relationship between people and the land.
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A new urban planning threat is being proposed on rural land in Menorca, presented as essential agricultural buildings to save the island’s countryside. Enormous building projects are being proposed with requests for exemption from urban planning parameters, so they can fall outside the scope of current regulations. These will be agricultural buildings… as long as the activity lasts.
Currently open to public consultation is a project for a large winery in Ciutadella, on the Camí de Macarella. It is planned on specially protected land and within an area of High Fire Risk. It is undergoing processing to be declared of General Interest. GOB has submitted objections.
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The uncontrolled increase of recreational boats and motorised devices along the coast in recent decades has led to a sharp rise in impacts on coastal marine ecosystems and on their most vulnerable users (swimmers, snorkelers, divers…). A group of organisations have joined forces to submit requests for regulation and protection.
Continue reading Manifesto for a Habitable, Safe and Protected Coastline
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Last Friday, a large crane operating at Cala Corb, in the port of Maó, was dumping stones and soil into the central part of the cove. This is a new environmental aggression, adding to the previous controversies surrounding these works.
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Nature and wildlife lovers in Menorca have the opportunity to visit the Menorca’s Wildlife Recovery Centre this summer. From Monday, 7 July, until 30 August, the Centre will be open to the public from Monday to Saturday, starting at 6 p.m. and until sunset.
Continue reading Menorca’s Wildlife Recovery Centre opens its doors to the public this summer
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What kind of limitations have allowed Menorca to remain a distinct island in contrast to other nearby areas where much of the territory has been overtaken by development? Are these limits a burden for the economy, or are they an asset?
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This Sunday, June 8, the Menorca Wildlife Recovery Centre will open its doors to the public for a special open day from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., as part of the conservation and environmental awareness activities carried out throughout the year.
Continue reading June 8 – Open Day at the Menorca Wildlife Recovery Centre
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The combination of interests drives many of the essential processes that make life on the planet possible. Humans, inclined to create our own world, often shape social realities that verge on the surreal.
This spring has brought enough rain for short-cycle plants. That is why the countryside is full of flowers — a grand stage to observe the actors of life in motion. If we have a closer look at a blooming field (at one that has not been sprayed), we will find wild and domestic bees, caterpillars and butterflies, spiders and flies… all of them pursuing their particular interest in interacting with the flowers.
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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:
Continue reading From Ciutadella’s water crisis to Menorca’s sustainability challenge
