Every year, the same as beaches all over Spain are awarded Blue Flags for their excellence, ecologists award Black Flags at the opposite end of the scale.
The 2022 Black Flags
by Vivienne Hughes •
Tag Archive for ecologists
Ecologists Oppose Desalination
by Vivienne Hughes •
Ecologist associations in the Axarquía are completely against the building of a desalination plant to alleviate present and future droughts in the area.
Fish Pens Opposition
by Vivienne Hughes •
Ecologistas en Acción has asked the Junta de Andalucía to take steps to have the Salobreña fish pens dismantled and moved to another area.
Jet-ski Problem in Natural Park
by Martin Myall •
Ecologists have again reported a “lack of control” over craft entering the protected waters of the Acantilados de Maro-Cerro Gordo.
Illegal Irrigation Pond
by Vivienne Hughes •
Axarquia is in the middle of a drought with its main reservoir, La Viñuela at only 30% of its capacity yet farmland owners continue to plant more irrigated crops.
Ecologists vs Maro Paragliders
by Vivienne Hughes •
An ecologist group has denounced the alleged use of the Acantilados de Maro-Cerro Gordo Natural Park airspace by motorised-paraglider pilots.
Axarquía Invasive Species
by Martin Myall •
The ecologist association, GENA-Ecologistas en Acción, has spent years documenting all the invasive animal and plant species in Axarquía.
Ecologists Oppose Maro Golf
by Vivienne Hughes •
Just three days after the project for Maro Golf was put on public exhibition, GENA-Ecologistas en Acción has submitted 16 objections to it.
Salobreña Goes Green
by Vivienne Hughes •
In the last Plenary Meeting of the Salobreña Town Council a “climatic declaration” put forward by Podemos was unanimously approved.
Equo’s Underwater Protest
by Vivienne Hughes •
(COH 08B) Coinciding with the World Environment Day, members of the ecologist group carried out an underwater protest concerning the health of our seabeds.