Monday, July 18, 2005
Sounds promising, but don´t give up the fight yet...........
From Valencia Life.
ON A BUYING SPREE
Environment Minister Cristina Narbona stated yesterday that her Ministry was intent on buying up parts of the Spanish coastal areas' in order to correct the excessive urbanizing in these places'. The Ministry statement also revealed that the proposed measure go 'much further' than buying for the public domain'. Miss Narbona, who was presiding a Conference on the Environment in Madrid, stated that the buying process was in order topreserve part of the coastline of various area of Spain that had become greatly overcome by concrete, and that her ideas were in line of those already undertaken by such countries as France, 'where there is a special organization that buys coastal area in order to protect them'. The firststep has been to enter into an agreement with the autonomous communities in order to secure their cooperation, and Miss Narbona stated that agreements of this nature had already been signed with the Balearic Islands, TheAsturias and the Valencian Community, but that the precise areas involved have yet to be made public. Finally, Miss Narbona stated that the money toacquire these areas was currently under negotiation with the Finance ministry and that this would form part of the budget for 2006. However, Miss Narbona's remarks have been received with a mixture of incredulity and skepticism in the Valencian Community, where Rafael Blasco, the Conseller for the Territory stated that of the 472 kilometers of coastline in the Community, some 25% - 120 Kms - is free from any building,whilst more than 100 Kms have been declared either as a Natural Park or ofbeing in the National Interest.
From Valencia Life.
ON A BUYING SPREE
Environment Minister Cristina Narbona stated yesterday that her Ministry was intent on buying up parts of the Spanish coastal areas' in order to correct the excessive urbanizing in these places'. The Ministry statement also revealed that the proposed measure go 'much further' than buying for the public domain'. Miss Narbona, who was presiding a Conference on the Environment in Madrid, stated that the buying process was in order topreserve part of the coastline of various area of Spain that had become greatly overcome by concrete, and that her ideas were in line of those already undertaken by such countries as France, 'where there is a special organization that buys coastal area in order to protect them'. The firststep has been to enter into an agreement with the autonomous communities in order to secure their cooperation, and Miss Narbona stated that agreements of this nature had already been signed with the Balearic Islands, TheAsturias and the Valencian Community, but that the precise areas involved have yet to be made public. Finally, Miss Narbona stated that the money toacquire these areas was currently under negotiation with the Finance ministry and that this would form part of the budget for 2006. However, Miss Narbona's remarks have been received with a mixture of incredulity and skepticism in the Valencian Community, where Rafael Blasco, the Conseller for the Territory stated that of the 472 kilometers of coastline in the Community, some 25% - 120 Kms - is free from any building,whilst more than 100 Kms have been declared either as a Natural Park or ofbeing in the National Interest.
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