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15 - 21 August 2019
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ISSUE NO. 1780
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Brick Beach environmental plans
SUPPORT: Protesters gather outside Malaga’s El Faro centre.
Nursery workers fighting back A PROTEST took place on Monday outside one of the a ff e c t e d n u r s e r i e s i n t h e
municipality of Torrox with 100 protesters giving their backing to the workers dis-
Stand against vandalism RESIDENTS in Benajarafe have denounced the increase of vandalism and illegal dumping around the municipal football pitch. Demonstrations have been held after the latest wave in illegal dumping took place in the neighbourhood. Residents are calling for more police presence and greater deterrents towards the act of ‘fly tipping’ as residents claim that not only does it smell, but it also attracts rats and flies and damages the surrounding vegetation. Posters have been placed around the area with a very clear message to the perpetrators. “The owner of this rubble must sleep with a very clear conscience and the person who has been depositing them, little by little, must pay the price,” reads one of the posters. As well as the illegal dump-
ing, one of the town’s Ficos trees has been killed after liquid apparently contaminated the soil surrounding it. Another poster placed on the tree read, ‘First ficus killed. Good example for your children.’
missed after government buy outs. The protests came when 73 workers from five different nurseries in Andalucia were dismissed after the government took over the ownership of them from private companies, leading to the dismissal of a number of staff members. The union of workers, CCOO, has called for more protests later this month.
The secretary general of the CCOO Deigo Molina has given the group its full backing, “the decision by the Ministry of Education to carry out these dismissals is an act of violence by the Andalucian government. “When a company takes over another must maintain real estate and its templates, including its employees,” he continued.
CONSERVATION: Provisions are being put into place to protect the wildlife during the works. AS part of the preparation for the upcoming ‘Brick Beach’ project, technicians from the Aula del Mar environmental organisation have been conducting surveys monitoring the state of the wildlife present on the coastline. The Brick Beach project is due to take place on Mezquitilla Beach in Velez-Malaga. Reclaimed building materials will be reused to create a brand new coastline to replace the rapidly deteriorating current area. As part of the project, surveys carried out by Aula del Mar and councillor responsible for the project, María José Roberto will conduct surveys of the area chosen for renovation periodically. The aim is to create a picture of the wildlife that currently calls the area home, and to limit any adverse effects of the construction work on the habitat. “We are creating a catalogue of animal and plant species, with the idea that when the restoration work starts of coastal habitats, these coastal systems are affected as little as possible, as well as studying the changes that occur in it according to the seasonality of the year,” explained a spokesperson from the group.