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Hunting Planting Campaign in Antigua with 6.5 tons of wheat.

The department promotes the planting campaign with the backing and support of the hunters' societies of Fuerteventura and Unión Antigua


In two years, Antigua increases the amount of wheat destined for the sowing season in inland areas by more than two tons, with the collaboration of residents by providing gavias and land for this purpose.



The annual sowing of wheat is intended to guarantee the presence and maintenance of numerous game species such as houbaras, rabbits, partridges, migratory birds and other feral animals.



The Mayor of Antigua, Matías Peña García, and the Councilor for Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries, Fernando Estupiñán, received 6.5 tons of wheat on Thursday morning, accompanied by the president of the Fuerteventura Hunters Society, Carlos Cerdeña, and the vice president of the Hunters Society, Agustín Alberto García.



As is tradition in the Municipality of Antigua and with optimal results, the department of the primary sector, promotes the Sowing Campaign, with the essential collaboration of the hunting societies, directly involved, as well as the neighbors or owners who allow it in their gavias or farms located in the interior of the Municipality.



The City Council, hunters and landowners are involved in the Planting Campaign in the Municipality of Antigua, with the aim of guaranteeing food to the game species, also allowing the cultivation of gavias and therefore the care of the land and beautification of the landscape, says the mayor, Matías Peña.



The councilor of the primary sector, Fernando Estupiñán, thanks the hunters, more than 60 associates are from Antigua, for their willingness and commitment to environmental care that they carry out by controlling the health of the game species on the same land, maintaining feeders in isolated points of difficult access, in addition to coordinating initiatives such as cleaning and maintenance of natural sources, retaining walls, or responding to the request of neighbours to stone a topsail and prepare it for cultivation, reinforce stone boundaries or clean to be able to reuse water wells.

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The post office ceiling comes down in Puerto del Rosario.

Problems of dampness and loss of part of the roof make it necessary to attend to the street and a garage to the users



Users of the Correos service in Puerto del Rosario have been forced to receive their packages in one of the garages attached to the offices.



Humidity problems in the ceilings of the office are creating risks of collapse of the office and the workers are carrying out their work in a garage as an office.



The situation also affects the storage of packages that accumulate in the same workplace.

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Cometers from all over the world will gather in Corralejo from 9 to 12 November 2023 to participate in the International Kite Festival. This event has been a meeting point for kite flying enthusiasts from various parts of the world since its inception in 1988, when a group of people passionate about kites selflessly founded it.

2023 Edition

The International Kite Festival has experienced steady growth, attracting an increasingly diverse and numerous audience in recent years, consolidating itself regionally, nationally and internationally. This year's edition promises to be an inclusive celebration, uniting people of all ages and backgrounds around the beauty and prowess of kite flying.

The Festival will be presented next Thursday, November 2 at the Great Beaches of Corralejo

During our last and current visit I don't recall seeing a single goat roaming free in the North of the island.

Just wondering if a policy has been introduced to restrict / ban free range goats?

Also the goat statues in El Roque and Lajares roundabout have been removed.
Are goats no longer considered an important part of the island's heritage and economy?

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70% of those registered in Fuerteventura last year are foreigners.

The high purchasing power of foreigners compared to the local population completely distorts the housing market



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The housing situation and quality of life in the Canary Islands continues to give negative data, and in Fuerteventura we are no strangers to these circumstances. One of the keys to this fall in the purchasing power of the local population is the general shortage of consumer goods and housing.



The quality of life provided by the archipelago means that millions of tourists visit us and more and more foreigners are arriving on the island with the aim of continuing their lives here and this has developed into an increase in the cost of living.



According to the National Institute of Statistics (INE), as of July 1, 2023, the archipelago has a population of 2,223,951 people. Of this figure, 14.3% are foreign nationals. However, if we look at foreign-born people, the percentage rises to 21.7% – 483,171 people. The INE justifies this difference in the Spanish nationalization process.



So far this year, the Canary Islands have gained a total of 25,995 inhabitants, of which 19,109 are foreign nationals and 6,885 are Spanish. This represents 73.6% of foreigners arriving in the archipelago in 2023.



If we distinguish between islands, Fuerteventura takes the gold medal in terms of the largest foreign population: 30.37%. Focusing on the new inhabitants who have arrived this year, the percentage increases considerably. 70% of the people registered on this island this last year are of foreign nationality -2,260-, in contrast to the 967 residents of Spanish nationality.



The rising cost of living in the Canary Islands



Inflation and rising prices have been notorious throughout Spain. However, among all the autonomous communities, the Canary Islands is one of the most outstanding. According to Fotocasa's Real Estate Index, it was the community where house prices increased the most, with 4.1% over the previous month and 23.5% compared to the same month last year.



With these, the Canary Islands are positioned as the autonomous community with the highest year-on-year increase in the sale price of housing – followed by the Balearic Islands (18.7%) and Navarre (13.4%).



In this way, according to the study by Fotocasa Canarias, it reaches its highest house price since the real estate bubble of 2007. It doesn't change with rents. The islands lead the ranking in terms of rent increases with 22.1%, followed by the Balearic Islands with 18.9% (nationally, rents rose by 7.6% year-on-year).



Housing is not the only aspect in which life in the Canary Islands has become more expensive. A study by the Organisation of Consumers and Users (OCU) revealed that, together with the Balearic Islands, the Canary Islands is the autonomous community where it is most expensive to make purchases. The rise in food prices has meant an economic difficulty for many families and that has been reflected in the hospitality industry.



According to the president of the Association of Bars, Cafeterias, Restaurants and Leisure of Las Palmas (AEBCRYO), Fermín Sánchez, "Hard times are coming. According to the Bank of Spain, a 4% rise in food prices is coming for 2024." Faced with the increase, the president commented that they have had to raise the prices of their menus "approximately 10%, far from the 25-30%" that food prices have risen.



Lower labour costs after Extremadura



The high cost of living, however, does not translate into the cost of labor. The latest quarterly labour cost survey published by the INE ranked the Canary Islands as the second lowest figure, only surpassed by Extremadura. The labour cost per worker per month in the archipelago reached €2,584.31 in the second quarter, remaining €453.21 below the national average of €3,037.52.



The islands are also positioned on the podium of the autonomous communities with the most people at risk of social exclusion. In child and youth poverty, it presides over the ranking with 376,570 people under 18 years of age at risk of social exclusion.



The latest study of 'The State of Poverty. Monitoring of the European indicator (AROPE) of poverty and social exclusion in Spain 2008-2022' revealed that the Canary Islands were the second community with the highest levels of poverty and risk of social exclusion - 287,000 people with a monthly income of less than 560 euros per family unit in 2022.

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Hi,

I've noticed there seems to be less hotel availability in the south than the past. OTOH a huge increase in the number of apartments. What I'm wondering is how are things like sheet changes and cleaning handled in a multi week stay?

I can handle changing them but I'd rather not do the laundry

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A National Geographic podcast gives Fuerteventura "only" 100,000 more years of life.

The 20-million-year-old Maxorata would be living its "swan song"



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100,000 years ago the Nearthentals still populated part of Eurasia and Homo sapiens were arriving in China, and in the next 100,000 years the human species will have taken several evolutionary steps as important or more than those, if it still exists.



By human standards, 100,000 years is almost an eternity, but for an island it is a sigh, and even more so for Fuerteventura, which began to emerge 20 million years ago.



But Fuerteventura could disappear in about 100,000 years and Lanzarote in about 200,000, according to the calculations of some geologists.



It's not alarming, but time is ticking like nature itself, and there are a number of experts who have spoken on the National Geographic podcast 'Arouse Your Curiosity' about the Canary Islands and the secrets that this volcanic terrain holds.



The episode "The volcano of La Palma: hot spot", which is available on the Spotify platform, takes advantage of the anniversary of the eruption on the Isla Bonita to remember the origin of the Archipelago, with the help of volcanologists and researchers.



One of the most striking reflections has been the one that alludes to what will happen later. Eventually, the islands will inexorably disappear.



Underneath these islands, located in the African tectonic plate, there could be one of these hot spots: About 1,500 kilometers away there is magma rich in gases and heavy metals. It manages to rise to the surface in the form of a feather and gives rise to the birth of volcanoes in an explosive way. As happened in La Palma.



In addition to this theory, the podcast notes that the two islands that will disappear first will be the oldest. That is, Fuerteventura and Lanzarote, which emerged 16-22 million years ago and have been suffering for a longer time from the consequences of erosion caused by waves and strong winds.



Thus, experts estimate that Fuerteventura could cease to exist in approximately 100,000 years, and Lanzarote in 200,000. However, climate change could accelerate everything.

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Improving tidal waves, gavias and ponds in the face of "possible" rains.

The Cabildo improves surface water use systems, Fuerteventura has more than 1,100 water catchments throughout the island territory



The Cabildo de Fuerteventura, in coordination with the Island Water Council, carries out work to fix the surface water use systems of the island. The works consist of the conditioning of traditional systems such as gavias, maretas and ponds.



The tasks are carried out with the cooperation of the Works and Machinery service of the Cabildo, working on the cleaning and optimization of the different systems that are distributed throughout the island territory, giving preference to those that are located on land of hydraulic public domain or that intercept the territorial drainage network.



The Minister of Water, Adargoma Hernández, points out that "what is pursued is to recover the reservoir capacity of these systems, both for the capture of rainwater, and for the recharge of aquifers. At the same time, their conditions of safety, stability and drainage capacity are improved."



For his part, the Minister of Works and Machinery, Blas Acosta, explains that "recently work has been done in areas such as Gran Tarajal, Guisguey, Tarajalejo and, currently, the work is developed in the basin of the Cardón ravine".



Likewise, the Minister of the Environment, Carlos Rodríguez, highlights the benefit of these actions from the environmental point of view, since the environmental objectives set in the Hydrological Plan of Fuerteventura are achieved, "avoiding the loss of soil that goes to the sea and reusing that land to remake gavias and other elements of the ethnographic and hydraulic heritage of Fuerteventura ".



In Fuerteventura there are more than 1,100 catchments between ponds, maretas and dams, covering an area of more than 3.2 million square meters, which translates into more than 330 hectares.