MALAGA town hall is to lead a 2.5 billion euro European initiative to improve air quality in cities. The city’s Breathing Oxygen programme aims to reduce the health risks associated with high carbon dioxide emission levels. The euro plan consists of maximising carbon dioxide absorption by green spaces, by making them bigger and introducing a [...]

AN Andalucian cheese has been recognised at the International Cheese Awards, held in the UK. The Pedro Ximenez Pure Goat Cheese was awarded the bronze medal in the Specialised Cheese Section for 100 per cent goat’s milk cheese. The product is made by Malaga cooperative Agasur S.C.A. and was among more than 3,700 cheeses from [...]

SPAIN and Morocco have signed an unprecedented cross-border agreement protecting a biosphere reserve. The agreement has been formed in a bid to encourage sustainable development in the Mediterranean Intercontinental Biosphere Reserve established by UNESCO in 2006. The 907,185 hectare area which stretches into the Malaga and Cadiz provinces incorporates the natural parks of the Sierra [...]

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THE Malaga authorities are to debate an audacious plan to turn the mountains that hug the Costa del Sol into a giant nature reserve. By Wendy Williams The scheme proposed by the IU opposition party would see the Sierra de Mijas turned into a Natural Park to prevent it from being destroyed by further construction. [...]

TWENTY of the best chefs in Andalucia are to go head-to-head in a 2000 euro goat recipe challenge. The finalists of the annual competition will fight it out at the Hotel Escuela Convento Santo Domingo, in Archidona, on October 1. Each of the chefs, who come from some of Andalucia’s top restaurants, has their own [...]

MALAGA’S last breeding pair of rare Egyptian vultures have been found dead, making the species extinct in the province. By Nicola Cowell The pair of Alimoche Vultures were found by the Guadalteba reservoir by environmental officers who had been monitoring the critically-endangered species for the last 12 years. Andalucia’s Association for the Defence of Nature [...]

WINE in Andalucia has come a long way since the Phoenicians first planted vineyards in the fertile Cadiz area in 1100 BC. By Sara Wallace Today, there are over 40,000 hectares of vines planted in 20 regions, and Andalucia is slowly becoming revered worldwide as an important center for wine-lovers. From the historic sherry huses [...]