Colectivo Ornitológico Cigüeña Negra Huerta de Las Pilas Lagoon and neighbouring water springs of San Bernabé Algeciras (Strait of
Colectivo Ornitológico Cigüeña Negra
Huerta de Las Pilas Lagoonand neighbouring water springs of San Bernabé
Algeciras(Strait of Gibraltar)
GIBRALTAR
ALGECIRAS
HUERTA DE LAS PILAS LAGOON
Migratory bird crossing point
MINING AREA
Gibraltar
Algeciras
Mining areas
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1122
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Lagoon
Nuevo Mirador Stadium
11 Mining area in the eighties.After the watertable emerged, the hole was back filled and covered. Today, the residential area of Huerta de las Pilas takes up this area.
Huerta de las Pilas Lagoon
Residential area
1122
33
Lagoon
Nuevo Mirador Stadium
SECOND EXTRACTION: today, Lagoon Huerta de las Pilas22
1122
33
Lagoon
Nuevo Mirador Stadium
THIRD MINERAL EXTRACTION:THIRD MINERAL EXTRACTION:ATTEMPT TO STOP WATER SPRINGSATTEMPT TO STOP WATER SPRINGS33
¿ANOTHER URBANIZATION PROJECT AT AN ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITE?
GIBRALTAR
AQUIFER SYSTEM PALMONES- GUADARRANQUE
ALLUVIAL AQUIFER OF BOTAFUEGOS
SESE NWNW Huerta de Las Pilas Lagoon
Sand and sandy biolimestone
SandstoneGroundwater
GROUNDWATER POLLUTION HAZARD
Quarry in the 80’s:The new lagoon disappearedwhen the area was backfilled
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22
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Huerta de Las Pilas Lagoon
EIA (Environmental Impact Assessment)
Directive 85/337/CEE
Environmental ImpactStatement 2003
¡¡¡there has been a lagoon in the area since 2002!!!
EIA (EnvironmentalImpact Assessment)
Directive 85/337/CEE
ACTIVITY:MINING
x
xAttempt to stop water springs
MINERAL EXTRACTION-¿CUT-AND-FILL WITH SIMULTANEOUS RESTORATION?
IMAGE Date: 30th JUNE 2003
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT: 5th JULY 2003
2008
FAPACSA REPORTS THESE FACTS TO THE EUROPEAN COMISSION BUT WITH NO RESULT
FOR YEARS, THE LAGOON WAS USED AS A CLANDESTINE RUBBISH DUMP, WHICH INCREASED THE RISK OF GROUNDWATER POLLUTION
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JANUARY 2011
ALBERO DE LA BAHÍA TRIED TO LEGALISE THIS SITUATION BY WRITING OUTA PRE-PROJECT TO LOCATE A RUBBISH DUMP IN THE AREA
MARCH 2011 THE EUROPEAN COMISSION DID NOT ANSWEROUR QUESTION
WHAT ARE THE GOALS OF SPANISH AUTHORITIES?TO FILL THE LAGOON
TO BUILD A NEW RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT
TODAY THE URBANIZATION IS PARALYSED
BUT THE AREA STILL LACKS OFICIAL PROTECTION
THANKS TO CITIZEN PRESSURE
1. Ombudsman2. Spanish Department for Environment3. Municipality of Algeciras4. Economy, Innovation and Science Andalusian Council5. Environment Andalusian Council6. Andalusian Water Agency
- 7. ENVIRONMENTAL PROSECUTION SERVICE
ALGECIRAS FILED AWAY
REPORTED
Oficial institutions pass the buck to one another.
Also, they are constantly changing names,
which definately confuses the citizens.
Europe Spain
2013 ALBERO DE LA BAHIA (DEVELOPER)
WANTS TO MODIFY THE RESTORATION PLAN IMPOSED BY
AN ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT OF 2003, WHICH WAS NEVER CARRIED OUT AND WHICH EXPIRED IN 2010 ?????????????????
2013 THE EUROPEAN COMISSION HAS DRAWN THE CONCLUSION THAT THERE IS NO BREACH OF THE PROJECT
¿WHY, THEN, AREN’T WE GIVEN THE REQUESTED INFORMATION ABOUT THE ENVIRONMENTAL
MONITORING PROGRAM? WE THINK IT IS BECAUSE
IT DOESN’T EXISTBECAUSE THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMMENT WAS PASSED A POSTERIORI, WHEN THE EXTRACTION HAD ALREADY STARTED AND THE LAGOON HAD ALREADY APPEARED…
This is the policy…
Developer Citizens Environment
THERE ARE NO SAFETY MEASURES
THERE NEVER WAS SUCH A THING AS AN AIR QUALITY CONTROL SYSTEM:
2013DUMPING
WAS NEVER CONTROLLED
HUNDREDS OF NATIVE TREES WERE
CUT DOWN AND
NOT EVEN ONE WAS PLANTED
“WATER IS LIFE”?
YES,BUT NOT IN THE
STRAIT OF GIBRALTAR
SINCE 1988
¡Be careful!Irresponsible people
working
THE EUROPEAN COMISSION OMITS OUR COMPLAINT ABOUT THE INFRACTION OF AARHUS CONVENTION, DIRECTIVE 2000/60/CE AND DIRECTIVE 2004/35/CE.
THE COMISSION ONLY MENTIONS DIRECTIVE 92/43/CEE, WHICH IS ALSO BEING VIOLATED AS THE MINING AREAS ARE ADJACENT TO NATURA 2000 SITES.
LAGOON
.THE STRAIT OF GIBRALTAR IS ONE OF THE
MOST IMPORTANT BIRD MIGRATION CORRIDORS IN THE WORLD. BIRDS, LIKE US, NEED WATER
-NOT CONCRETE - TO SURVIVE.
WE INVITE ALL EURODEPUTIES AND MEMBERS OF THE EUROPEAN COMISSION TO VISITE THE STRAIT OF
GIBRALTAR TO CHECK BY THEMSELVES THE PROBLEMS THAT ARE AFFECTING BOTH CITIZENS AND THE
ENVIRONMENT IN SUCH A GLOBAL WAY.
Water is a human right
SOS Coastal Wetlands in the area of the Strait of Gibraltar