• Fifty years of Doñana.The future is a fragile ecosystem

The court number 3 of La Palma del Condado (Huelva), has ordered the City Council of Almonte to paralyze the work that has drawn a road of great width just through a natural monument of great fragility. This is the Médano del Asperillo , the cliff of fossil dunes located between Matalascañas and Mazagón. Both the Civil Guard and the Ministry of Agriculture and Sustainable Development investigate what happened.

The alarm voice was given by the first personal service of the Coast Service, which alerted the Civil Guard Seprona. In this enclave of high ecological value , a retro excavator had drawn a path of access to the beach 4 meters wide. According to sources from the Civil Guard, the crowded, which included photos, was notified to the prosecutor, who immediately indicated that he moved to the court of La Palma, on 3 that day. The judge issued an order to stop the municipality of Almonte and provide the Seprona with all the information requested.

The work did not have any permission , although, the sources added, afterwards from the City Council one was written alleging that it was about fixing an existing road that the rains deteriorated. An insufficient document since carrying out a work in a place like this requires reports of Costs, Environment, City Hall and the Doñana Natural Area itself, and probably would not have been granted.

The ramp allows horse riding companies to go down to the beach. There are other accesses, although according to a company in the sector consulted they are not practicable due to the rains, and at least since March the route does not include descending to the beach. According to the Civil Guard there is at least one access, used by municipal services.

The Ministry of Agriculture and Sustainable Development has indicated that it acts from the Delegation of Huelva in collaboration with the Seprona, to investigate what happened and clarify the responsibilities . The Natural Area of ​​Doñana "finalizes a detailed report on the condition caused on the cliff, which will be sent to Seprona."

"There is no authorization from the Natural Area," continues the Ministry, "for the execution of these works, since there is not even a previous request."

The spokesman for Ilusiona, Francisco Bella, indicates that they have raised a question to the new mayor, Rocío Castellano, who governs with only two councilors after the four-party pact that prevented Ilusiona, the most voted party, from entering the mayor's office. There is a circumstance that the mayor is the sister of the director of Doñana, Juan Pedro Castellano.

The Asperillo cliff is a formidable sandy escarpment made up of fossil dunes , within the Doñana Natural Area. Its 100 meters high and, in some areas, 15,000 years old, make it very unique in Spain. The Médano is the highest place, and occupies about 12 hectares.

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