Yesterday, Josep Lliteres, the Coastal Environmental Quality director, said that the eco-mooring buoys have been strategically located at nine places in the Balearic coastline in order to reduce the damage caused by anchors to the Posidonia meadow grass on the seabed. These meadows provide stability to the sandy shorelines of the island. He said that [...]
This week, Palma, Mallorca will be host to one of the world’s most spectacular yacht races. The Regatta of 24th Conde De Barcelona, being conducted by Hispania Foundation, starts from Monday but the classic yachts from all over the world have started coming to Palma and the fleet of ships will be anchored near the [...]
The amount of garbage collected from the beaches of Balearic Islands has reduced drastically. This July, the amount of waste material collected turned out to be 78.68% less than that in July 2007. Yesterday, an Environmental Ministry report confirmed that 55’925 kilos of litter was collected in July this year, while in July last year [...]
