Mallorca's Tramuntana could gain sea protection

Mallorca's Serra de Tramuntana could gain protection at sea: on Thursday, 22 October, the Balearic parliament unanimously calls on the regional government to examine extending safeguards into neighbouring waters. The proposal comes from the People's Party (PP) and was debated by parliament's Economy Committee that morning.

First, parliament wants a scientific and legal study to establish whether the Serra de Tramuntana and the adjoining sea are ecologically connected. The government would then examine which waters might qualify for protection and work towards a shared approach to conserving land and sea.

Local councils, affected authorities, fishing and boating groups, coastal organisations, scientists and social and economic groups would help shape that approach. Any protection measures must take account of local people's needs and traditional coastal uses that are compatible with conservation. If the plans move forward, parliament wants them included in the Serra de Tramuntana nature plan now under review.

At the same meeting, PP and Vox voted down two requests to question regional officials. The Socialists wanted to ask agriculture director-general Georgina Brunet about what they called a delay to the agricultural law. They filed the request in July; the regional government has since approved the bill. Més per Menorca sought to question Joan Simonet, the regional minister for agriculture, fisheries and the natural environment, about summer incidents on Menorca, chiefly unauthorised private activities and anchoring in protected areas.

Topics: Environment · Politics

Source: Europa Press / Mallorca.com