Councilman Environment San Pedro del Pinatar, Mark David Grace, presented the activities of the "Environment Week" organized by the council which directs and Youth on the occasion of World Environment Day to be held on June 5 with a free trip to Salinera Spanish and Regional Park of Salinas y Arenales de San Pedro del Pinatar, June 1 also will be a discussion of the Green Homes Program Columbares Association on "Climate Change and Energy Efficiency water saving "in the CIT at 1100 hours, June 3 Classrooms Network of Nature in the Region of Murcia organize activities in the Plaza of the Constitution to schoolchildren in the schools of the municipality.
"Finally, we will conduct a municipal campaign" Double Face "to promote the proper use of city copiers in order to save paper," said Grace, in a press conference accompanied by Juan Manuel Ruiz, director of the project "Network monitoring of Posidonia oceanica in the region of Murcia, funded by the Ministry of Agriculture and Water of the Autonomous Community, the European Fisheries Fund and the IEO, which "works for the first time the city of San Pedro del Pinatar by editing the promotional material for the campaign. "
Ruiz explained that "The project aims to study the long-term evolution of the underwater meadows of Posidonia oceanica to determine the state of the marine ecosystem in relation to the human impact on local or global scale."
Posidonia meadows are one of the most important marine ecosystems on the planet, are the forests of our oceans, producing organic matter through photosynthesis to provide food for the rest of the marine food chain and all the biodiversity within this region.
"The presence of Posidonia allows for clear water and the very existence of the beach, the remains of leaves that accumulate in costs (wrack) are equally important for the existence of the beach and not junk" Ruiz said, annoyed by the bad press that has the prairie, also noted the importance of the Pradera de San Pedro del Pinatar, "for its expansion and maintenance is the most important but we still have to estimate the impact it has had the marina in it. "
Source: Ayuntamiento de San Pedro del Pinatar