By Santiago Carneri
Copyright euroweeklynews
More than 130 people took part in a land and sea clean-up at l’Almadrava and Ti Ximo coves, part of the 20th anniversary celebrations of the Serra Gelada Natural Park. The event resulted in the collection of several dozen kilos of waste, mainly packaging, and the removal of 180 kilos of invasive exotic plants.
Among the participants were around 90 pupils from two private schools in Benidorm and La Nucia, and about 30 adults who focused on the terrestrial areas of the coves. On the water, the clean-up was carried out by the Local Police Maritime Unit, eight divers, and two people on paddleboards. Also involved were staff from the Natural Park, Benidorm Red Cross, Mundomar, Davante MasterD Academy, and the municipal rural warden.
As part of the Serra Gelada anniversary programme, the social centre José Llorca Linares hosted the training sessions titled ‘Your sea, your story, the traces you leave. How to explain the Natura 2000 network to your clients’. The Environment and Beaches councillor, Mónica Gómez, welcomed attendees to the session organised by Life A-Mar. Later, at 7.10pm, technician Rafael Barrero Sánchez delivered a talk entitled ‘Silene d’Ifac, from the brink of extinction to the recovery of an iconic species’.
