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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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Fornells was recently awarded a black flag by Ecologistas en Acción for the poor management of the bay. GOB Menorca considers this distinction, unfortunately, to be well deserved. For years, we have been repeatedly denouncing environmental violations in the port redevelopment project, carried out by Ports IB, and the situation has now reached a critical point.
Continue reading Environmental violations and unfair competition in Fornells
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Following the release of the song Convindria on July 4th, this protest anthem now takes on a new visual dimension with the presentation of a collective music video. It is a new participatory action within the Via Menorca campaign, promoted by GOB, to highlight the massification and touristification suffered by the island.
Continue reading Via Menorca releases a music video for the song ‘Convindria’
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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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Today, a new collaborative track has been released on all digital platforms to denounce the problem of tourism saturation affecting Menorca. It’s a song created four-handedly, with the involvement of various Menorcan musicians, born from a will to denounce, but also to reach a broad audience without giving up its festive nature.
Continue reading Menorcan artists sing out against tourist overcrowding
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The Inter-island Board of GOB of the Balearic Islands, composed of representatives from GOB Mallorca, GOB Menorca, GEN-GOB, and GOB Formentera, met this Saturday, June 28, 2025, at Can Casals (Ibiza), the headquarters of GEN-GOB, for their annual interisland coordination meeting.
Continue reading Meeting in Ibiza of all island sections of GOB
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A popular song says that tender little buds of myrtle take their time to bloom. And indeed, this plant usually doesn’t flower until well into the summer. When the air of Sant Joan arrives, we can see it adorned with white flowers, shiny leaves, and an exquisite scent. If someone tells you to come see the myrtle blossom in March, they are deceiving you.
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Custòdia Agrària, GOB Menorca’s Land Stewardship programme, has just expanded with a new farm. With the addition of the estate of Binisserralla, located in the municipality of Es Mercadal, there are now forty farms committed to sustainable agricultural production that respects the environmental and cultural values of the Menorcan landscape.
Continue reading Binisserralla, new farm under GOB Menorca’s Land Stewardship scheme
