A MEETING this week has laid out destruction plans for the Algarrobico hotel. Environment minister Rosa Aguilar and Andalucia Junta president Jose Antonio Grinan agreed that central government will take charge of the demolition, while the Junta will organise the removal of the debris. The cost is estimated at 300 million euros. It is still [...]

IN what is being called ‘a despicable crime’ a protected Iberian lynx has been shot dead in Sevilla. The creature – the most endangered cat on the planet – was found with a shocking 30 lead pellets in its body. A spokesman for the Junta de Andalucia’s environmental department described the shooting as a ‘despicable [...]

By Jon Clarke and Wendy Williams ONE of Spain’s last unspoilt stetches of coastline has been saved from two huge megaprojects. Environmentalists on the Costa de la Luz are overjoyed that both schemes – a 200m euro port expansion for Tarifa and a golf development in Vejer – have been turned down by the Junta. [...]

ENVIRONMENTALISTS are up in arms over a new law that could allow golf courses and other urban developments in protected natural spaces. Both Greenpeace and Ecologistas en Accion fear that projects, like the controversial El Algarrobico hotel, could be legalized by the back-door with the new law. The Junta decree, which both groups have been [...]

AN investigation has been launched into the deaths of hundreds of fish in the Guadalhorce River in Pizarra. The local IU party has blamed the poor design of a new concrete ford which prevents the fish from passing through. He said the concrete tubes were too small and constrictive for the fish. Boss Miguel Esteban [...]

IT is one of the sweetest investments to be made in the Axarquia for years. The Junta has agreed to cough up 355,000 euros to help turn the Colmenar honey museum into one of Europe’s best. As well as investing in new honey-making equipment, the money will be spent on upgrading the museum, marketing and [...]

A CAMPAIGN has been launched to demand the urgent construction of a water treatment plant in the Guadalhorce valley. Spearheaded by the IU party, it is demanding an immediate end to the pouring of over 10,000 litres of untreated sewage into Guadalhorce River every year. By Wendy Williams Coordinator Miguel Esteban Martin, said: “The contamination [...]

RADIOACTIVE traces have been found in tap water in 19 Almerían villages.

A JUDGE confirmed that the 50-room hotel, dubbed the ‘second Algarrobico’ by green groups can be developed on protected salt flats, the Campillo de Gata.

BUT while Andalucia is now Europe’s leading organic producer, it is one of the smallest consumers.