Columbares Association is conducting an environmental volunteer project in the Bay of Mazarrón entitled "Expláyate" within the actions being undertaken environmental awareness, beach restoration and sustainable fisheries.
The project is part of the Beaches program, Volunteer and Land Stewardship developed by the Biodiversity Foundation and sponsored by the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Environment.
This was announced yesterday Councilman Environment of the City of Mazarrón, David Fernandez, and technical environment of the said association, Carmen Molina.
Among "the different actions to involve local people and tourists on environmental conservation and restoration of degraded areas, on Saturday October 20 will be held from 17 to 20 hours, the Second Conference on Volunteering Photographic Project," said Molina.
This conference will include photographic tour the marine-terrestrial landscape of the Bay of Mazarrón for photographing landscapes geomorphology terrain and wilderness areas and cliff areas and their attacks and threats.
The meeting point for participants will be the Office of Tourism of Puerto de Mazarrón at 17 hours and made the best photos will be selected for the creation of an exhibition 'online' to be hung on the website of the Association Columbares and in different localities of Mazarrón.
On Saturday October 27th the Third Conference be held cameras, but has yet to determine the meeting point and time for this activity.
One of the most outstanding project, which will involve the collaboration of the City, will arrive on November 3 with the restoration of the beaches of Las Cobaticas and Cabezo of the fight in which volunteers "and delimit two areas regenerate parking, regenerate two paths and planted 300 trees of different varieties of native flora "revealed the technical environment of Columbares.
On 29 and 30 September saw the first action of the project, the Environmental Training Course for Volunteers.
In it, volunteers toured several beaches of the Bay of Mazarrón, learning to recognize flora, morphology, ecological and landscape values ​​and environmental problems of the area.
Furthermore, on October 6 hosted the First Conference Photo Project, which ran in the urban landscape of the Bay of Mazarrón to photograph human activities associated with the sea as traditional fishing, sport fishing, recreation and leisure activities, to study how positively or negatively affect our environment.
All project activities are free.
To participate in some of them just need to register through the columbra@columbares.org email or telephone 42 968 82 41 or 675 18 35 32.
You can also call your Department of Environment Mazarrón Town Hall which is 968 33 93 40.
The mayor of the Environment, David Fernandez, has encouraged citizens of Mazarrón to be "involved in this project we considered that we disseminate and support from the City by the prominent role that will mean in the enhancement and protection of our natural heritage. "
Source: Ayuntamiento de Mazarrón