The 'Viu la posidònia' project, which is shared by the town councils of Dénia, Cambrils and Eivissa, and which is financed by European Next Generation funds, was presented this afternoon at FITUR. The mayors of the three cities, Vicent Grimalt, Oliver Klein and Rafael Ruiz, have outlined the philosophy, budget and actions to be implemented within the framework of this common initiative.
This project aims to develop a product of experiential tourism and ecotourism, with a zero carbon imprint, which promotes knowledge and conservation of posidonia, in particular, and, by extension, of the biodiversity of our coast, a tourist and environmental resource of great relevance.
Vicent Grimalt has been in charge of explaining the specific actions that will be carried out within the framework of the project, subsidized with more than 1 million euros by the Ministry of Industry, Commerce and Tourism, within the program 'Experiencias Turismo España', financed with European funds Next Generation.
It is expected that areas of posidonia meadows will be identified, with the cartographic delimitation of areas, and the realization of guided tours, both on the surface and underwater. At the same time, the training of tourist agents and the use of electric means of transport and accompaniment will be promoted. For visitors, awareness campaigns will be carried out and information points and actions will be created with environmental educators and tourism development.
In order to publicize the importance of this underwater plant, the creation of a virtual interpretation center is planned, as well as a multimedia repository. This initiative will go hand in hand with scientific research on the protection, conservation and repopulation of Posidonia.
After the interventions of the mayors, the Cambrilenc artist David Callau has made a performance creative
The art of posidonia
In the visibility campaign of the 'Viu la posidònia' project, the first stop was the exhibition 'L'art de la posidònia', inaugurated yesterday in Madrid.
The location for the art exhibition has been the Desearte gallery (Calle de Villanueva, 43) and in it you can find pieces of jewelry by the Eivissencs goldsmiths Elisa Pomar and Enric Majoral, paintings by David Callau from Cambrilenc and dishes made with posidonia from the resident artisan to Jesús Pobre Angelica Fossemó -Magari Things-. In addition, the shipping company Baleària collaborates with the participation of the artist Antonio Villanueva and his resin sculptures.
In the gallery there is also a retrospective with the photographs of the eivissenc 'Viu la posidònia' 2022 contest. In this you can see works by Fernando Estarellas (first prize), Olga Escandell (second prize), José Ramón Fernández (third prize) , Joan Pereyra, Marisol Torres, Paulo Peixoto, Daniel Lop, Antonio Planells, Pablo Montoro, Pepi Rivera, Javier Ruiz "Citoxin", Joan Costa, Simón Vila, Carmen Escandell, María Tur, Jaume Torres and Xavier Mas.
The event was attended by the mayors of Dénia, Eivissa and Cambrils, artists and other invited personalities from the tourism, business and cultural sectors of the three autonomous communities.
A lot of selling environmentalism, landscaping, environmental sustainability, blah... blah... blah... but in Las Rotas they put a 30m high telephone tower next to our houses.