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‘SMOKE-FREE’ flags were raised on Calpe’s main beaches on Tuesday to symbolise the start of a recently-introduced smoking ban. All beaches and coves within the Alicante Province municipality are covered by this rule, but there are two designated smoking areas for those visitors who crave a cigarette. By the end of this week, they will be on La Fossa Beach. …

A government census shows that the Iberian Wolf population in SPAIN is declining. Figures According to figures compiled by Ministry for Ecological Transition, the Iberian Lynx has now surpassed the wolf in terms of numbers. The lynx was once on the verge of extinction. The Secretary of State for the Environment, Hugo Moran, confirmed that ‘there are fewer wolves than …

Following a rescue mission of high stakes by Spanish authorities and marine protection groups, an orca that was caught in discarded fishing equipment in the Strait of Gibraltar has been released. A barrel, a buoy and several ropes were tightly entangled in the orca’s right pectoral. It was one of 11 whales that had been spotted near Cape Spartel hunting …

A Portuguese Man o’ War is spotted again on the Costa del Sol. On Sunday, a specimen of deadly jellyfish washed ashore on Carvajal Beach in Fuengirola. Fuengirola Se Queja, an Instagram account, put out a warning to its users, highlighting that the Portuguese Man O’ War is ‘highly dangerous’ and is capable of killing humans.  READ MORE Man o’ …

Costa Tropical has been the focus of a global collaboration that aims to create nature-based solutions for interior design and architecture. Researchers at the University of East London and the Bagaceira Project in Barcelona, founded by Julia Steketee are working together to develop sustainable building materials using sugarcane. Alan Chandler, Armor Gutierrez, and their students began exploring the possibilities of …

DAVID Chipperfield has confirmed that the design of the Torre del Puerto de Malaga skyscraper has been updated significantly. Chipperfield has taken the project in a different direction. Originally led by Malaga-based Malaga architect Jose Segui (who resigned from the project at the end 2024), the original vision was shifted under Segui’s leadership.  In a recent private presentation at Malaga …

A group of environmentalists wants an investigation into the alleged illegal transfer of 100,000 tons of stone from a quarry in Malaga to build a breakwater on the Strait of Gibraltar. Verdemar-Ecologists In Action has requested that prosecutors investigate the transfer of Gibraltar Eastern Strait to the Special Conservation Area. They claim that the decision violates Special Plan for La …

dry spell problems have actually sustained problems over the undesirable return of a beetle that can ruin masses of trees in the environment-friendly rooms of the Vega Baja. The Tomicus Piniperda beetle can ruin infected or extremely completely dry evergreen in sloping locations, which held true back in 2014. In the Sierra de Orihuela alone, at the very least 2,000 …

SPAIN and Portugal’s Iberian lynx populace currently stands at 2,000, a number that suggests the jeopardized types is slowly obtaining even more far from the threat of termination. That’s according to the most up to date record from a functioning team covering the wild feline, and which is worked with by Spain’s main Ministry for Environmental Change. Populace has actually …

Sound from an Almeria songs event has actually been criticized for the fatality of 4 gazelles at an adjacent preservation centre. Almeria City board states it ‘uncertainties’ there is a web link in between the songs and the casualties, however has actually relocated 2 Flamenco shows from the Parque de Hoya on July 15 and 20 as a ‘preventative measure’. …