The Almuñécar-based women’s ecologist group, La Asociación de Mujeres Ecologistas Sexitanas, has denounced what they claim to be “extreme tree Felling” on the Paseo del Altillo gardens. They say that around a dozen emblematic trees were cut down from at base level, especially ‘ficus’ (rubber-plant trees) near the car-park entrance. They consider that these trees had formed a fundamental part of the panorama.
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Ecologists Hit Out Over Gualchos Fire
by Editor •
The ecologist group, Buxus has described the recent Gualchos, mountain-brush fire as an ‘ecological disaster.’ The group condemns the fact there have been 20 attempts to set the area alight in recent years.
Ecologists Raise Doubts Over Projected Marina
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The Spanish term, el Cuento de la Lechera roughly corresponds to ‘building castles in the sky,’ and that is the expression that the Ecologistas en Accion have used to describe Motril’s plan to build an inland marina.
Wind-Powered Electricity Generators
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The wind farm on the way to Lujar from Granada is generating a bit of controversy as well as electricity, it seems. The ecologist association, Buxus has denounced two of these impressive windmills – or ‘aero-generators’ as they are known in Spanish – for lacking the relevant relevant environmental controls.
Monte Problems?
by Dave Nichols •
Concerning Monte de los Almendros, there has been another outbreak of criticism regarding the water and sewage arrangements on the urbanisation, this time from a group called, Ecologists in Action.
Demolition Order?
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Tribunal Superior de Justicia de Andalucía upholds the Junta’s case against the Town Hall and the development company, Playa Costa Tropical S.L., in which the Junta demands that the original building licence be revoked, because the urbanisation is sitting on green-belt land.