For those wishing to pay their respects to the fallen of the two great wars, and the many other conflicts, there will be two church services on Sunday 12th November at St. James Chaplaincy.

At 10am, there is a service at the Piedra Alta Restaurant in the new harbour at El Cotillo and at 5pm in church in Corralejo. Further information is available on the website below:
https://fuertechurch.org/online-worship-slot/

If you are unable to attend, the 10am service is live streamed on the YouTube channel,
https://www.youtube.com/live/LriyZDxpsNM...Yuq7lIEPRQ

   

Radio Sintonia:

The conservation of habitats in the Canary Islands, the focus of the CAMA 2023 Environmental Conference.

The Cabildo of Fuerteventura, through the Ministry of the Environment, today began a new edition of the CAMA-Atlantic Conference on the Environment. Over three days, a total of fifteen environmental experts will give more than 25 hours of talks and activities, focusing this year on the conservation of the habitats of the Canary Islands. On the 2nd, 3rd and 4th, the Fuerteventura Technology Park will host a series of conferences and round tables, as well as field trips.

The opening ceremony was attended by the president of the Cabildo, Lola García, the councillor of the area, Carlos Rodríguez, and the manager of the Fuerteventura Technology Park, Eduardo Pereira.

According to the island's president, Lola García, "the Canary Islands is a fragile territory due to the effects of climate change and, precisely for this reason, it is the ideal place for pilot projects to be started here to find solutions to transfer them to other territorial areas. Some of those that have been developed in Fuerteventura are world-leading, hence the importance of this type of forums that allow these initiatives to be made known to citizens, technical staff and groups".

The Minister of the Environment, Carlos Rodríguez, showed his excitement "at the beginning of a series of environmental awareness days that are very important to know, protect and improve our environment". Likewise, Rodríguez pointed out that "from the Cabildo we are working on different actions that contribute to mitigating the effects of climate change and the regeneration of the natural environment, such as, for example, the restoration of surface water use systems such as the maretas and gavias".

The professor of soil science and agricultural chemistry at the University of La Laguna, Francisco Javier Díaz, gave the first of the presentations, where he addressed soil management and the conservation of palm groves, explaining that CAMA is the ideal forum to address some of the problems faced by palm groves, highlighting soil quality as the main cause. as it affects them at the hydric, nutritional and salinity levels. In addition, he highlighted "the close link that exists between agricultural activity", indicating that "the restoration of palm groves entails the repair of water use systems such as gavias".

Radio Sintonia:

The conservation of habitats in the Canary Islands, the focus of the CAMA 2023 Environmental Conference.

The Cabildo of Fuerteventura, through the Ministry of the Environment, today began a new edition of the CAMA-Atlantic Conference on the Environment. Over three days, a total of fifteen environmental experts will give more than 25 hours of talks and activities, focusing this year on the conservation of the habitats of the Canary Islands. On the 2nd, 3rd and 4th, the Fuerteventura Technology Park will host a series of conferences and round tables, as well as field trips.

The opening ceremony was attended by the president of the Cabildo, Lola García, the councillor of the area, Carlos Rodríguez, and the manager of the Fuerteventura Technology Park, Eduardo Pereira.

According to the island's president, Lola García, "the Canary Islands is a fragile territory due to the effects of climate change and, precisely for this reason, it is the ideal place for pilot projects to be started here to find solutions to transfer them to other territorial areas. Some of those that have been developed in Fuerteventura are world-leading, hence the importance of this type of forums that allow these initiatives to be made known to citizens, technical staff and groups".

The Minister of the Environment, Carlos Rodríguez, showed his excitement "at the beginning of a series of environmental awareness days that are very important to know, protect and improve our environment". Likewise, Rodríguez pointed out that "from the Cabildo we are working on different actions that contribute to mitigating the effects of climate change and the regeneration of the natural environment, such as, for example, the restoration of surface water use systems such as the maretas and gavias".

The professor of soil science and agricultural chemistry at the University of La Laguna, Francisco Javier Díaz, gave the first of the presentations, where he addressed soil management and the conservation of palm groves, explaining that CAMA is the ideal forum to address some of the problems faced by palm groves, highlighting soil quality as the main cause. as it affects them at the hydric, nutritional and salinity levels. In addition, he highlighted "the close link that exists between agricultural activity", indicating that "the restoration of palm groves entails the repair of water use systems such as gavias".

Noticias:

The Canary Islands have the worst quality of life in Spain, according to the INE.

The Archipelago worsens in terms of material living conditions, education and the environment


The lowest salaries in the country, a people dedicated to service, environmental policies aimed at tourists, problems with educational and health infrastructures, increasing pollution due to the consumption of solid fuels, inability to access housing, are some of the factors that make the Canary Islands a town with little or no hope of getting out of the monoculture of tourism that stifles development as a healthy society. Apart from the civil servant world, there is also a lot of it.



In this way, and with data in hand, the Canary Islands is the autonomous community with the lowest levels of quality of life in 2022, according to the Multidimensional Quality of Life Indicator (IMCV) 2022 published by the National Institute of Statistics (INE).



The report reveals that the quality of life in the Archipelago decreased by 0.23 points in 2022, reaching a score of 98.663. Regarding the national data, the decrease was 0.20 points compared to the previous year, which represents a score of 101.64 points.



The IMCV is an experimental indicator that synthesizes information from nine quality of life indicators provided by the INE: material living conditions, work, health, education, leisure and social relations, physical and personal security, governance and basic rights, environment and environment, and general life experience.



Canary Islands fail in material conditions and education



The deterioration in the quality of life in the Islands is mainly attributed to the material conditions of life, education, leisure and social relations, and the surroundings and environment. In addition, there has also been a significant decline in governance and social rights.



It is closely followed by Andalusia and Galicia, which top the list of the lowest records in the entire Spanish territory.



Navarre, La Rioja and Aragon, those with the best quality of life



At the national level, the report also highlights that dimensions related to work, health, education and material living conditions saw improvements in their score compared to the previous year.



When analysing the autonomous communities separately, it was found that the Autonomous Community of Navarre, La Rioja and Aragon maintained the highest levels of quality of life in 2022, as in the previous edition.



Breaking down the nine dimensions of the IMCV, it was highlighted that the Autonomous Community of Navarre excelled in leisure and social relations, environment and environment, and general life experience. In contrast, the Basque Country led in material living conditions and education, while Aragon stood out in the field of employment.



Ranking of quality of life by autonomous communities, according to the INE



Navarre – 105.35

La Rioja – 104.45

Aragon – 103.99

Cantabria – 103.42

Basque Country – 103.30

Asturias – 103

Balearic Islands – 102.92

Valencian Community – 102.80

Community of Madrid – 102.01

Castilla-La Mancha – 101.92

Castile and León – 101.68

Extremadura – 101.65

Catalonia – 100.88

Murcia – 100.11

Galicia – 99.68

Andalusia – 99.54

Canary Islands – 98.66

Radio Sintonia:

Gardeners collect the key to their orchards in the Gavia de Los Hormiga.

Since this Monday, the gardeners who benefit from the urban gardens located in the Gavia de Los Hormiga have been able to start their cultivation work after receiving their accreditation card and the keys to the gardens.



They received them in a ceremony held in the Plenary Hall of the Town Hall and was attended by the mayor of the capital, David de Vera, the Councilor for the Environment, Jenifer Pérez and the technical team of the area, who before the delivery transferred a series of recommendations to the beneficiaries.

De Vera explained that "the objective of this initiative is to try to value these urban gardens and that the residents have at their disposal that cultivation area in which to develop horticulture in the heart of Puerto del Rosario".

For her part, the Councilor for the Environment, Jenifer Pérez, encouraged those attending the event "to work in the orchards so that they become spaces in which our neighbors can work the land and obtain their own products, while acquiring knowledge about urban agriculture."

Urban gardens encourage sustainable development and traditional agriculture. A tool that favors intergenerational coexistence, creates healthy habits and increases the green spaces of Puerto del Rosario.

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The oceanic heat wave causes an abrupt rise in the sea in the Canary Islands.

Since March, the Oceanographic Centre of the Canary Islands has confirmed an anomaly of one more degree


The Canary Islands are one of the regions of the planet affected by a marine heatwave since last March. It is a "very abrupt" episode that has raised the surface temperature of the ocean by half a degree in just one year, an unprecedented phenomenon since in situ measurements began in 1982.



The director of the Oceanographic Centre of the Canary Islands, Pedro Vélez Belchí, highlights the "significantly different" nature of the event, of special intensity in the Atlantic and South Pacific, if compared to the records of the last four decades, in which the studies carried out indicate that the increase in temperature was one degree. "Since the end of last winter, we have observed an increase in temperature above the average value and, more surprisingly, the value of the previous year," he says.



The expert points out that, "it is not that it has been increasing slowly and more and more rapidly, which would be an acceleration of the process, but that this year there has been a considerable jump". In addition, he points out that for the first time, the highest temperature of the year has not been recorded at the end of August or beginning of September, as usual, but in mid-October. Vélez, who holds a PhD in Physical Sciences, acknowledges the existence of doubts among experts about the specific causes that have caused this warming, although everything points to a set of factors.



"The hypotheses are headed in several directions. In addition to the global warming of the planet (less abrupt than this episode), there is the El Niño phenomenon, confirmed from February, which cannot be predicted and we do not know if it will be as powerful as in 2015, the largest so far," explained the director of the Oceanographic Center of the Canary Islands, who pointed out a third theory that scientists are studying: the "supereruption" of Hunga Tonga in the Pacific on January 15, 2022.



According to a NASA study, the underwater volcano ejected up to 146 billion liters of water (almost 60,000 Olympic-sized swimming pools) into the stratosphere in the form of water vapor, which acts as a greenhouse gas. There are theories that the effects of the largest volcanic explosion recorded on Earth in the Modern Era will last for at least five years on the climate.



The United Nations underscores the role of the oceans as the planet's largest carbon sinks, largely absorbing excess heat and energy released from gas emissions. Climate Action studies indicate that, as the oceans gain temperature, a series of progressive effects are triggered, ranging from melting of the poles and rising sea levels to the emergence of marine heat waves, such as the current one, and sea acidification.



Regarding the consequences of the increase in ocean surface temperature in the surroundings of the Archipelago, Pedro Vélez points out, among others, a possible displacement in the spawning times of organisms and the reduction of resources for small pelagic species due to a reduction in primary production.



Regarding the rise in sea level and its probable impact on island coasts, the expert recalls that the measured increase is in the order of 2 or 3 millimeters per year on a global scale. "In the Canary Islands it is below two millimetres, although it depends on the areas." In addition, he stresses that a series of parameters must be taken into account, since in order to discern the impact caused by global warming, it is necessary to study the acceleration and not the continuous increase. "Obviously there is a progressive change because the water is warming, occupying more volume and the sea is increasing, but there are doubts about its acceleration," he says.



In addition to putting the thermometer on the sea by satellite, the research centre, dependent on the Spanish Institute of Oceanography, carries out campaigns every six months with a ship that submerges technical equipment in the seabed to check the temperature and aspects such as the conductivity, density and salinity of the water.



Studies reveal that, unlike in the highest layer, since 1997 there have been no variations in the average of the first 800 meters of depth, with the exception of 2015, the year of El Niño. Up to 1,500 there is no alteration and in the deepest part, where the centre of Tenerife is a benchmark in the precision of measurements, a small cooling has been detected. In this sense, it is worth remembering that the greatest sea depths, around 4,200 metres, are located to the west of La Palma.



The Oceanographic Centre of the Canary Islands is responsible for researching the entire marine ecosystem, from bacteria to cetacean populations. "The more variable an ecosystem is, the better it works," says Pedro Vélez. The facilities, located in the Fishing Dock of the capital of Tenerife, employ 70 people, of which 13 are researchers, "although we would like there to be more", stresses its director.

My brother is visiting fuerteventura on Wednesday, just 6 hour stop off from the cruise ship. I need to pick them up near the port, but its an area I'm not familiar with as regards parking. I usually park in Las Rotundas, but they will not be open at the time.

So, advice please on the closest place to park for collecting passengers.

Plus, can anyone explain the colours on parking bays? I'm guessing blue are for pay and display (as the meters are also blue), but what are the green one for (residents, business or permit holders perhaps??).

Thanks in advance for any advice.

Tom.

Hi single elderly naturist visiting correlego from 12 nov for two weeks , it would be nice to meet others whilst out there.

Since our last visit to El Cotillo there has been a welcome addition with the construction of facilities for camper van users to the rear of the Football stadium.

Fresh water on tap and a chemical toilet / waste water disposal unit should encourage more environmentally friendly sananatory disposal, rather than emptying of tanks and toilets in popular camping areas or trailing effluent on the roads and tracks, as some are inclined to do.