The Ministry of Ecological Transition and the Dénia City Council have met to define the cooperation that they are going to carry out in terms of posidonia protection, in accordance with the decree worked by the department to guarantee the conservation of these Mediterranean seagrass beds.
The Minister of Agriculture, Mireia Mollà, has met this morning with the mayor of Dénia, Vicent Grimalt, to agree on joint measures aimed at ensuring the necessary environmental, social and tourist balance, essential in those municipalities where the posidonia element and added tourist pressure come together.
«Queremos que aquellos municipios como Dénia que ya cuentan con una sensibilidad y unas acciones concretas sean los máximos colaboradores con el objetivo de aumentar el potencial de las administraciones implicadas en la protección de la posidonia», ha afirmado la consellera.
In parallel to the entry into force of the decree for the protection of posidonia, scheduled for next year, Mollà has indicated that the Generalitat will have the first line of budgets for the protection of this aquatic plant, endemic to the Mediterranean.
La consellera ha remarcado la necesidad de colaboración de los ayuntamientos donde se prestará el servicio de vigilancia marina (una iniciativa impulsada y financiada por la Generalitat), como es Dénia, donde se iniciará el próximo verano, al ser considerado como «municipio prioritario de actuación», y de informar y concienciar a la ciudadanía y al personal de las empresas náuticas.
In this sense, it has announced the call for meetings with the nautical sector for the beginning of next year to influence this area and the realization of a cross-sectional conference in spring, which will affect environmental education, awareness, science (cartography), as well as concrete actions to protect these marine forests.
In addition, the councilor has referred to the corrective measures to ensure the conservation of these seagrass beds, noting that an alliance will be sought with companies that may join, as collaborating entities, in the protection of these Mediterranean forests.
«La protección marina precisa políticas activas destinadas a enmendar las acciones del pasado, asumir las responsabilidades conjuntas y abrir una fuente de oportunidad», ha señalado la consellera en referencia a la pérdida del 1% anual de la posidonia, una fanerógama endémica del Mediterráneo con una gran capacidad de captura de CO2 y liberación de oxígeno.
Finally, the councilor has indicated that in case of having to carry out a removal of dead seagrass, it can be incorporated elsewhere because it helps prevent erosion of the coastline, it should not be disposed of by treating it as waste.
For his part, Vicent Grimalt has stated that we must continue working to achieve the maximum protection and conservation of the posidonia meadows and has expressed his satisfaction with this line of work that looks to the future.
