Environment
WWF criticises court ruling on coastal land
"Essential in order to reverse the current lack of coastal protection and to ensure the future for coastal populations and the conservation of threatened ecosystems.”
Environment
Calvia calls for increase in marine reserves
The motion proposes that there be new demarcation to bring together the current reserves and widen them.
Northern News Spotlight
Possibilities for the tourist tax in Alcudia and Pollensa
Everyone seems to want a piece of the tourist tax pie, and it's not even been implemented yet.
Environment
Government praises suspension of prospecting permission
Decision by Madrid is not enough because there are still two prospecting operations and one of these is in Balearic waters.
Tourist tax
Barceló says tourist tax priority will be the environment
Maria José Ribas, a Partido Popular parliamentary deputy, asked the government to rethink its intentions.
Environment
Overcrowding in the Balearics: a top environmental worry
As to those who should solve these environmental problems, almost a half of respondents said that politicians should be responsible.
Environment
Tramuntana marine reserve needed to protect fish stocks
The federation believes that one reason for the serious problem with fishing stocks is over-exploitation.
Environment
Political unanimity sought against oil prospecting
The pressure groups believe that unanimous approval by all parties is fundamental in obtaining a ban on prospecting.
Environment
Calvia asks for marine reserves to be increased
The town hall’s wish is to unite the two reserves and to extend the area of protection beyond the point of Cala Figuera.
Environment
Government calls on oil companies to give up prospecting
Prospecting rejected because of the "irreversible impact that it would have on the environment and on Balearic society".
Northern News Spotlight
Hotel Formentor development on hold again
The enlargement of the Hotel Formentor is once more being put on hold.
Roads
Environmentalists want slow lanes for Llucmajor-Campos road
GOB said that it had wanted to address the “urgent” matter of the road.
Pollution
International action needed to tackle plastic pollution: GOB
The root of the problem of the waste has to be addressed.
Environment
Exceptionally high levels of waste in Balearic waters
Following the article on Sunday which highlighted how Andratx resident Elisabeth Ceulen and her family have taken to cleaning up rubbish not just on the streets but also on beaches.
Cleaning up Majorca
Resident takes to street cleaning
She explained that she is very much aware of environmental problems, not just here but around the world in general.
Cabrera national park
Cabrera protected area set to double in size
Cabrera is set to become the largest maritime-terrestrial park in Spain.
Letters to the editor
"I just wanted to share with you my experience of some of Calvia’s beaches mainly those of Cala Viñas and Magalluf."