Category: Environment
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The Canary Guide #WeekendTips 20-22 May 2022
May, 2022
More than half way through May and on the south, patron saints’ fiesta season is in full...
Read MoreThe Canary Islands lead Spain’s tourism recovery, the first to return to pre-pandemic numbers of arrivals
May, 2022
The Canary Islands have been confirmed, as of April, to be leading the Spanish tourism recovery...
Read MoreCovid19 certificate for non-EU travellers to enter Spain will end “in a matter of days”
May, 2022
Spain’s Minister of Industry, Commerce and Tourism, Reyes Maroto, has said this Thursday...
Read MoreGran Canaria’s Southern tourism heartlands have only one Blue Flag beach, with none in Mogán for 5 years now
May, 2022
The Canary Islands have been awarded 54 Blue Flag beaches and four awards for marinas,...
Read MoreTragedy in Arguineguín pool as triathlete perishes while practicing free diving technique
May, 2022
A well-respected ultra-distance triathlete from the municipality of Mogán, Suso Muñoz Jiménez...
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Measuring the effects of a nuclear blast in Puerto Rico de Gran Canaria
Mar, 2022 | Environment
What would happen if a nuclear blast went off in Puerto Rico de Gran Canaria? Anti-nuclear war...
66 specimens of the Yemen chameleon located on Gran Canaria since 2017
Feb, 2022 | Community, Environment, Natural World, Sunshine
The Canary Islands Ministry of Ecological Transition, Fight against Climate Change and Territorial...
More than 3 million square meters of Güi-Güí is now publicly owned by Gran Canaria
Jun, 2021 | Cabildo, Environment, News
The Cabildo de Gran Canaria island government has acquired, through auction from the State Tax...
Seaplane heroes of 43 Group carry out Gran Canaria exercises ahead of the summer heat
May, 2021 | Environment, Maspalomas, Military
Beach users, bathers and holidaymakers, those few, for now, on Gran Canaria’s favourite...
Gran Canaria Cabildo to plant 8000 trees across several zones, recovering forest, and creating green fire-resistant areas
Apr, 2021 | Cabildo, Environment, Fire
The Cabildo de Gran Canaria are allocating more than €400,000 to plant 8,000 laurel trees, and...
Coastal Authority file complaint for Tauro Beach environmental pollution from desalination outlet pipe buried under the sand, Anfi Group claim ignorance, the fences will stay up for now
Apr, 2021 | Environment, investigation
Five years after the Tauro bay was closed officially to the public, due to a hastily green-lighted...
Gran Canaria Weather: Time to hit the beach at more than 28ºC in the shade, Calima bringing Saharan Dust and 70kmph+ winds, light rain possible into next week
Mar, 2021 | Environment, Mogán, News, Weather
The Canary Islands General Directorate of Security and Emergencies declared a state of pre-alert...
Feral cat hunting is to be included in new Canary Islands Biodiversity Law, Spanish Senator complains
Mar, 2021 | Animals, Environment, Government, Natural World, News
Spanish Senator Carles Mulet, a member of the Parliamentary Association in Defense of Animal...

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