Costas prohibits access to part of the north coast of Fuerteventura.
Among the places that cannot be accessed by car is from the north of Majanicho to Caleta del Barco
A coastal sign installed this week prohibits camping, dumping waste and even access and circulation on a dirt track that gives access to a large area in the north of Fuerteventura, between Majanicho and Caleta del Barco.
The area, which is a regular destination for sportsmen and fishermen from the north of the island, as well as families looking for a place away from tourists to swim, especially in the summer period, has been closed under a ban by the agency. The poster confirms that this prohibition is contemplated in Law 22/1988 of 28 June on Coasts.
Users do not mind this prohibition of access, although many understand the prohibition of camping, and even a process of regulation of access, "but the prohibition is barbaric, since the area is common for sportsmen or fishermen, as well as users who enjoy the coast with criteria of conservation and environmental observance of the territory".
It so happens that recently the Government of the Canary Islands assumed competences in matters of Coasts in the Archipelago, but in the prohibition of access the logo is of the Government of Spain, "demarcation of the Canary Islands", so the controversy is served. The poster reminds us that "intentionally causing damage or vandalism to this information medium may lead to criminal liability", so civility is called for the possible resolution of any conflict.
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The Muslim community inaugurates a new Annnur mosque in Corralejo.
After 17 years in its previous location, the new mosque "is a reflection of evolution, sacrifice and effort"
The Islamic Community of Corralejo inaugurates a new mosque in the northern town of Corralejo.
After a period of 17 years in its previous location on Pejin García Escámez Street, the need for a new space became evident, this new mosque is a reflection of the evolution, sacrifice and effort of all the members of the community to have a mosque according to their expectations
The Islamic Community of Corralejo, registered in the register of religious entities of the Ministry of the Presidency since 8 November 2007, has experienced remarkable growth
The inauguration was attended by local authorities, such as the mayor Isaí Blanco Marrero or María Jesús de la Cruz, island director of the General State Administration in Fuerteventura.
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Fuerteventura is once again trying to bring order to the chaos of camping.
The Cabildo of Fuerteventura brings the provisional camping ordinance to municipalities and the Campers Association
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The president of the Cabildo of Fuerteventura, Lola García, and the Minister of Territorial Planning, Nereida Calero, have chaired an explanatory meeting on the Provisional Island Ordinance (OPI) of camping, camping and caravan areas, with the public company Gesplan, in charge of the drafting of this and other territorial planning documents.
The Provisional Island Ordinance (OPI) is the document that establishes common homogenization criteria for the entire island territory that must be followed by the municipalities when drawing up their municipal regulations or ordinances, to give the authorizations and establish the specific areas for camping, camping and areas for caravans, motorhomes and campers.
The progress of the document was transferred to members of the Association of Campers of Fuerteventura (ACF), with the presence of the mayor of Tuineje, Candelaria Umpierrez, the mayor of Puerto del Rosario, David de Vera, the councilors Julio Santana (La Oliva), Alexis Alonso and Ángeles Acosta (Pájara), Evelyn Ávila (Tuineje), Enrique Cerdeña (Betancuria), Puerto del Rosario (Jenifer Pérez) and Samuel Torres Mesa (Antigua). In addition, there was the participation of technical staff of the Cabildo and the presence of government group councilors.
As explained by the president of the Cabildo, Lola García, "with this meeting we wanted to share these homogenization criteria so that all interested agents are participants in the preparation of the document and to be able to move it forward with the maximum possible consensus".
Both Cabildo and Gesplan reported that, after its passage through the Environmental Assessment Body, the document will go to initial approval and then the period for submitting allegations will be opened, with the aim of collecting all the proposals of citizens and interested agents, in order to achieve that consensus.
For the Minister of Territorial Planning, Nereida Calero, "this meeting arises after the commitment acquired by the Cabildo both with the municipalities and the Association of Campers to hold a previous meeting from the time the drafting team had the final proposal of the document and, based on it, decide together whether to continue with its processing".
Territorial and Environmental Management and Planning (GESPLAN) reported on the importance of having a provisional island ordinance (OPI), a temporary document that tries to homogenize criteria. For its elaboration, Gesplan has developed a public consultation process.
The document contains 34 articles that, for the first time, attempt to define each type of camping, specifying areas that are or may not be suitable for use. The modalities included in the ordinance are: seasonal and fixed camping areas, areas reserved for caravans, motorhomes and campers, as well as camping.
The Canary Islands Air Quality Laboratory is now operating in Fuerteventura.
The infrastructure will detect the levels of haze on one of the islands most affected by these phenomena
Fuerteventura already has a facility that detects aerosols and haze from desert dust that comes to us from the African continent with increasing regularity. The new infrastructure came into operation this past week and depends on a project that began on the islands at the end of last year.
The Spanish National Research Council (CSIC), under the Ministry of Science and Innovation, and the Government of the Canary Islands, through the Ministry of Ecological Transition, Fight against Climate Change and Territorial Planning, signed an agreement in 2023 for an Air Quality Laboratory in the Canary Islands, which will study aerosols and desert dust haze.
The project has funding of €2.6 million for the entire archipelago. The part of the infrastructure oriented to the analysis of samples will be located in the facilities of the Institute of Natural Products and Agrobiology (IPNA-CSIC), while the observation stations will be located in strategic places of the archipelago, in this case Fuerteventura has its own.
Air quality has become a problem of global concern, affecting health, ecosystems and the climate. Annually, ambient air pollution (outdoor) causes three hundred thousand deaths in Europe and four million deaths worldwide, mainly due to respiratory, cardiovascular and cancer diseases, and aerosols, or suspended particles, are the pollutant that causes the highest number of deaths.
These aerosols, once emitted (by numerous sources, such as fires, cars, ships or industry), remain floating in the ambient air in the form of respirable particles, such as PM10 (size less than 10 microns), PM2.5 (size less than 10 microns) or ultrafine particles (size less than 0.1 microns).
Concerns about air quality are on the rise. Just over a year ago, the World Health Organization (WHO) published the new global air quality guidelines, while at the end of 2022 the European Commission proposed, just over a month ago, to revise the European air quality directives. Both documents propose reducing the levels of particulate matter in ambient air with the aim of improving air quality and reducing the number of deaths due to pollution.
"The new infrastructure created thanks to the agreement between the CSIC and the Government of the Canary Islands will allow us to know the origin and chemical composition of the particles that are breathed in the ambient air of the archipelago," says Sergio Rodríguez, scientific director of the Air Quality Laboratory of the Canary Islands and researcher at the IPNA-CSIC.
"It will quantify how much emissions from cars, ships, industrial production and desert dust haze contribute to the levels of PM10 and PM2.5 particles in the ambient air of the Canary Islands.
In addition, it will be determined how much of this pollution originates in the Canary Islands and how much comes from surrounding regions, since the desert dust haze is mixed with pollutants (sulphate, organic aerosols and a cocktail of metals, among others) emitted by the North African industry," he adds.
Desert dust haze will be one of the main topics of study in the new laboratory. The variability of the composition of desert dust and other aerosols that reach the Canary Islands will be studied. The infrastructure will also have the capacity to analyse aerosols emitted in future volcanic eruptions, providing a rapid response to air quality crises such as the one experienced in La Palma. "The Canary Islands is the region of the European Union where the highest levels of suspended particles are reached, and it is not due to local pollution, hence the need for this infrastructure," says the researcher.
"Climate variability and climate change are influencing the overall circulation of the atmosphere and thus the patterns and intensity of Saharan desert dust Events. In recent years, the Canary Islands have been affected by extreme atmospheric phenomena, in 2002, 2020, 2022 and February 2023, when extremely high concentrations of respirable PM10 particles have been reached, with average daily values above 1,800 μg/m3, concentrations well above the 45 mg/m3 recommended by the WHO as the maximum exposure limit.
Councils and city councils summoned to an urgent summit due to the extreme drought.
The Deputy Ministry of Water will meet with them on the 11th in Las Palmas to agree on savings measures and promote desalination projects
The island of Tenerife declared a water emergency yesterday and so will other councils in the Canary Islands, as have municipalities such as Fasnia and Arico, or Vallehermoso and Hermigua, in La Gomera. The driest autumn and winter in living memory in this century and much of the previous one has left the aquifers practically dry and the reservoirs barely reach 40% of their capacity, figures typical of summer and not of these dates, when in Tenerife, for example, the reservoirs are usually above 72% of their storage capacity.
Faced with this water situation, the Deputy Ministry of Water of the Government of the Canary Islands, led by Marcos Lorenzo, former mayor of Tijarafe, has convened a meeting for March 11 with the representatives of the cabildos, island water councils and town councils of the Islands to try to agree on measures to save both water for human consumption and irrigation. at the same time to know the momentum of the desalination plants that are planned.
Traffic, domestic and work-related accidents grow by 13.66% in Fuerteventura in 2023.
The Canary Islands Emergency Service (SUC), attached to the public company Gestión de Servicios para la Salud y Seguridad en Canarias and dependent on the Ministry of Health, recorded 17,547 incidents in Fuerteventura in 2023. Most of them, 14,709, were related to cases of illness, while the rest, which reached 2,838, were classified as accidents, both traffic, domestic and work, as well as other types of accidents, which increased by 13.66%.
In addition, last year the staff of the SUC assisted a total of 16,927 people who required some type of out-of-hospital health care and/or transfer to a health care center, which represents almost 5% of the total population served by this service in the Canary Islands.
In this sense, most of the incidents recorded, with a total of 8,520, were related to health emergency situations and 4,103 to emergencies, services in which care can be prioritized. Another 1,905 were resolved by the health coordinators of the SUC, medical and nursing professionals, through the telecare provided to resolve their request for help, without the need for the intervention of mobile resources.
At the back of the petrol station.
Unfortunately this cafe has closed down from 24th Feb 2024. A favourite place for a coffee and light meal/bocadillo on the terrace, looking down at the airport. I hope it gets new owners and reopens soon!
We are back in the UK after a wonderful week exploring Fuerteventura from one end to the other, we had a fantastic time on this beautiful island.
There are certainly a lot more places we could go and experience if we had a 4x4, especially on the South West coast, but in the North we have now seen Popcorn beach which we missed when in Corralejo and El Cotillo last December. This time, we explored a lot of the South, right to Faro de Jandia, and Cofete (an interesting experience in a motor home).
We now certainly have some off grid favourites. For us, the center of Corralejo and Moro Jable are a bit too commercialised but still enjoyable for a bit of civilization and a restaurant meal.
It was a lovely sunny week, but also a blustery one, which meant we turned around after experiencing Cofete, an amazing place, but on the day far too windy and the clouds over the mountains were blocking the sun, making it far too cold to enjoy naked for any time, we went back on the unmade road and made it back to playa Butihondo via a sight seeing trip to the Faro Punta de Jandia.
We found a wonderful location to park the van which I will not detail here, so it doesn't get too well known (PM me for details), but it is a great location, 24h public toilets and showers on a nudist beach with a small parking area, close to a supermarket, step out of the van onto the beach, absolutely perfect.
We even managed to top up the water tank of the van from the shower using a 5L water bottle.
We were almost totally alone at night (apart from the people paying £150 a night in the hotel on the cliff ). We noticed that there was a female European 30 something backpacker living in the castles on the beach, also using the toilets and shower, as well as the foot wash to wash her dishes, might try that next time .
We walked from there into Moro Jable along the beach one of the days, totally naked from the point of leaving the van, until the Faro, then put clothes on to go shopping and have a meal, before walking back to the van again naked, it was about 45 mins each way, and I will be posting the videos on my channel in the next few days.
We travelled around the South and then back up North. We visited El Cotillo again, its a great place not just for the beaches but if in a camper van on Fuerteventura, one of the most difficult things to get rid of is black water (toilet waste), you can generally get fresh water at petrol stations after buying a token, 1 Euro for around 50L and get rid of grey water (sink and shower) in the car wash drain, but black water is a different matter.
At El Cotillo there is a service point at the back of the Football pitch where you can dump, black and grey water, and reload with fresh water. Currently its free, (just press the green button), so obviously its popular. Be prepared to wait in the designated spot, which is not very obvious, especially if you don't understand Spanish and the sign .
We went to Popcorn beach as its one of the tourist attractions via the unmade road, and to be honest, I wouldn't bother, there are signs saying you cant take the "Popcorn" away, which is no wonder as there is hardly any there, and probably due to the number of tourists, what is there has been crushed under foot. Now I know what I'm looking for I have seen larger pieces on other remote beaches.
Playa Sotavento de Jandia is a real experience, we parked overnight in the car park there, and it was a joy to step out of the van in the morning, naked, straight onto the dunes and the immense beach.
On our way back North, we tried to go to Playa Negro, but the way the sat nav wanted to take us, through a river bed, and ended up in a dead end, at the entrance to a military base. We gave up on that idea and had to reverse up an off road hill as the van wouldn't go up forwards as it was too steep.....
We stopped off in Ajay, but didn't bother with the tourist attraction of the caves. The contrast of the white foaming waves crashing against the black sand of the beach was amazing. This is according to the Spanish naturist federation a nudist beach and there was one naked person on the beach sunbathing. As accustomed as I am to being naked among clothed people, I didn't feel comfortable being naked here, due to the number of "TUI Bus" tourists on a very enclosed beach, and the close proximity of the restaurants.
On our last night we parked just off the main road along with a few other vans at Caleta de Fuste, just 10 mins South of the Airport as we were handing the van back at 8am.
This was another experience, and I really cant understand why people would go there for a holiday, its in the direct (noisy) flight path of the airport, and with a man made beach.
It is however very accessible if you have a wheel chair or mobility scooter, but otherwise it could be any manufactured place in the world, totally devoid of nature and the beauty we have seen and loved of this island.
Videos of our journey will be on my YouTube channel in the next few days, as I get time to edit them.
after a wonderful week exploring Fuerteventura from one end to the other, we had a fantastic time on this beautiful island.
). We noticed that there was a female European 30 something backpacker living in the castles on the beach, also using the toilets and shower, as well as the foot wash to wash her dishes, might try that next time 
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