Spain: the Minor Sea in agony
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This photo taken on August 25, 2021 shows a dead fish by the sea in Puerto Bello de la Manga, La Manga del Mar Menor, Murcia, Spain.
"In question: tourist pressure, but also and above all intensive agriculture, which uses chemical fertilizers based on nitrates, which are rejected in this lagoon".
© JOSE MIGUEL FERNANDEZ / AFP
By: Diane Cambon
The Minor Sea, the largest saltwater lagoon in the Mediterranean Basin with an area of 135 km2, located in the region of Murcia, in the south-east of Spain, is in danger.
Last summer (2021), tons of dead fish washed up on the beaches causing the amazement of locals and vacationers.
In question: the tourist pressure, but also and especially intensive agriculture, which uses chemical fertilizers based on nitrates, which are rejected in this lagoon.
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Faced with this ecological disaster, amplified by global warming, society is mobilizing demanding from the authorities an immediate solution that is slow to come.
"Spain: the Minor Sea in agony", a large report by Diane Cambon.
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