Radio Sintonia:

'Enjoy Fuerteventura with environmental awareness'

'Enjoy Fuerteventura with environmental awareness' is the new campaign launched by the Environmental Service.



The Cabildo de Fuerteventura, through the area of Environment and Hunting, directed by Carlos Rodríguez, has started an environmental awareness campaign aimed at all visitors who intend to know the island. Under the slogan "Enjoy Fuerteventura with environmental awareness", the initiative aims to promote respect for the rules and the natural environment of the island.

The campaign calls on visitors to respect and take care of the rules established to conserve the environment. The importance of not taking any material from nature is emphasized, as this can have a negative impact on the balance of the ecosystem. Likewise, it is requested to always use the authorized roads, avoiding opening new trails that may damage the environment.

Among the main objectives of this initiative, it seeks to promote the knowledge and responsible enjoyment of the protected natural spaces of Fuerteventura. Visitors can approach and admire the richness of the local flora and fauna, but always respecting the environmental standards that guarantee the preservation of these unique species.

The counselor Carlos Rodríguez stressed "we want visitors to come and know our land, flora and fauna, but always respecting the rules of environmental conservation. Our goal is to ensure that future generations can also enjoy Fuerteventura as a natural paradise."

The insular institution emphasizes the exceptional value of Fuerteventura, declared a biosphere reserve by Unesco. This entails a shared responsibility for the protection of the environment, including natural parks and other protected areas. Respect and proper conduct are essential to ensure that future generations can also enjoy the island in all its magnitude.

I know this is a bit of a "how long is a piece of string" question, but would anyone be willing to share ballpark figures for car ownership on the island these days? Beginning to consider picking up a small second-hand runabout, and was wondering what costs are like lately.

Any insight on tax, insurance, purchase costs would be welcome.

Noticias:

20 people pass the hunting license exam on the island.

20 new hunters of the 25 who applied, managed to successfully pass the test to obtain their hunting license for the first time.



The Cabildo of Fuerteventura has carried out the aptitude exam for obtaining the hunter's license. A total of 20 people, of the 25 who applied, have successfully passed the test to obtain their hunting license for the first time. In addition, it is worth mentioning that this year the exam had the participation of five women who took the test.



The counselor responsible for the Hunting area of the Cabildo, Carlos Rodríguez, expressed his satisfaction and congratulated the new hunters for having met the necessary requirements to obtain their license. He also stressed the importance of hunting responsibly and sustainably, always respecting the environment and protected areas.



"Hunting is a hunting practice rooted in our island, but we must remember that its exercise carries a great responsibility to preserve and respect our natural environment. It is essential that these new hunters understand the importance of maintaining a balance between hunting activity and respect for biodiversity and local flora and fauna," explained Carlos Rodríguez.



The evaluation process yielded positive results, with only three people failing the test and two absences. The success of most of the candidates reflects a growing commitment to responsible and sustainable hunting in Fuerteventura.

Radio Sintonia:

Sustainable practices in road cleaning.

Sustainable practices in road cleaning with the aim of safeguarding health and the natural environment. The massive use of pesticides will be abandoned, adopting more sustainable and environmentally friendly practices.



The Cabildo has taken a responsible turn in the elimination of bushes, gorse and weeds in the areas adjacent to the roads of the island. Prioritizing health and the natural environment, the Environment and Roads services have agreed to leave behind the massive use of pesticides and adopt more sustainable and environmentally friendly practices.

The Highway Service has made an important decision, halting the extensive use of pesticides that pose risks to public health and the local ecosystem. With full awareness of the negative impacts, it has been decided to drastically reduce the use of pesticides and, instead, bet on alternatives such as physical or mechanical methods, including mowing, to eradicate weeds in the gutters.

The new line of work will focus on implementing sustainable methods, such as mowing, to remove weeds in roadsides. This responsible approach will not only reduce health and environmental risks, but also protect the island's rich fauna and flora, preventing the dispersion of pesticides by the wind.

The counselor Carlos Rodríguez explained that "from the Environmental Service we will do everything in our power to continue promoting these sustainable practices that care for and protect our environment."

The Environmental Service reaffirms its firm commitment to promote responsible and conscious practices with the ecosystem, with the aim of preserving the well-being of the Island and ensuring a more sustainable future for future generations.

Radio Sintonia:

La Oliva fights against the rubble.

La Oliva fights against debris and citizen collaboration marks a milestone in the preservation of the natural environment. In a joint effort to preserve and protect our community's natural environment, the Environment and Works departments are conducting a successful debris removal campaign.



The coordinated collaboration between both entities has been fundamental to address this problem and, at the same time, highlights the invaluable collaboration of citizens who have denounced and warned about inappropriate practices that damage our environment.

The Councilor for the Environment, David Fajardo, wishes to express his gratitude to the citizens who have been proactive in denouncing the Department of Environment about the presence of debris in natural areas. "Their collaboration has been fundamental so that we can intervene in a timely manner and address these bad practices with environmental discipline, ensuring the care and protection of our natural environments," Fajardo said.

For his part, Luis Alba, from the Department of Works and Machinery, highlights the "commitment of our team to give prompt coverage with municipal machinery in the removal and transfer of debris to authorized landfills. We work closely with Environment to ensure that waste management is proper and does not pose a threat to our valuable natural spaces."

The City Council of La Oliva emphasizes that the accumulation of debris is punishable according to current laws and regulations. Likewise, it is recalled that, if debris is found on private land, the cost of its removal will be borne by the corresponding property. This measure seeks to deter those who might consider the illegal accumulation of waste as an option.

It is important to highlight the significant negative environmental impact that comes from the accumulation of debris, as it can affect the biodiversity of our natural spaces. For this reason, La Oliva fights against debris with the aim of conserving and protecting our natural heritage for future generations.

Noticias:

Danish study says Atlantic headed for collapse.

Atlantic Current System (AMOC) Gives Warning Signals as published today in Nature Communications


The Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC) is a complex system of ocean currents that carry warm water from the tropics northward. A new study from the University of Copenhagen (Denmark), published today in Nature Communications, estimates that its collapse could happen by mid-century, or potentially any time after 2025.



In 2018, two separate investigations came to the same conclusion: the planet's circulatory system was weakening. The main set of ocean currents that carry immense amounts of water from tropical to northern seas would be slowing down due to the impact of climate change. The latest report by United Nations experts (the IPCC) published this year came to the same conclusion.



The AMOC (Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation) is the main current system of the Atlantic Ocean. It is responsible for transporting masses of warm water from the tropics to the poles near the surface and directing cold water to equatorial latitudes in the depths of the ocean. It is a very important ocean current in the climate since it has a regulating function of temperatures. Therefore, any change or modification in the behavior of this current entails other changes in the climate at a global level.



Although there are no confirmed causes, the authors identify greenhouse gas emissions as a possible factor. The use of fossil fuels and the delay in the implementation of renewables leads the planet to collapse that seems increasingly sudden.



Canary Islands



In this sense in the Canary archipelago, located in a privileged place of the AMOC process, we have a coastal current of very cold waters in the Atlantic Ocean. It appears as if it is trapped between the northwest coast of Africa and the southern branch of the Gulf Stream or North Atlantic. They do not constitute the same current due to the different temperature of their waters, coinciding the strip of clouds near the Canary Islands with the southern branch (return) of the Gulf, with warmer waters.



But in recent times the abnormal state of the Atlantic only raises the temperature of the sea. It is feared that by September the seawater situation could be well above average.



Susanne Ditlevsen: "The decline of this flow system could alter the climate of Western Europe to resemble that of Alaska"


The AMOC is a subsystem capable of changing to an irreversible state, making it one of the most important inflection elements in the Earth's climate. Its possible collapse is of great concern, as it would have serious repercussions on the North Atlantic ecosystem and, by extension, on the entire planet.





The decline of this flow system "could alter the climate of Western Europe to resemble that of Alaska," Susanne Ditlevsen, from the Danish university and co-author of the study, tells SINC. "The heat transported northward by the AMOC will stay in the tropics, warming them even more. The greater temperature difference between the subtropics and mid-latitudes will increase the strength of the current and could intensify storms."



The results of the study showed early warning signs of a critical transition of the AMOC and suggest that it could be shut down as early as 2025 and no later than 2095.



This type of abrupt climate change was last experienced during the Dansgaard-Oeschger Events in the last glacial period, caused by the collapse and restoration of the AMOC. This caused fluctuations in the average temperature of the northern hemisphere of 10-15ºC in a decade, much greater than the current changes of 1.5 degrees in a century.



"The problem is that we haven't seen a collapse of the AMOC in the last 12,000 years," Ditlevsen said. "The declines and restarts observed in the paleoclimate record of the last glacial period were extremely abrupt," he adds.





The strength of this flow system has only been continuously monitored since 2004 and these observations have shown that it is weakening. However, longer records are needed to assess magnitude.

link to article for map

Noticias:

Danish study says Atlantic headed for collapse.

Atlantic Current System (AMOC) Gives Warning Signals as published today in Nature Communications


The Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC) is a complex system of ocean currents that carry warm water from the tropics northward. A new study from the University of Copenhagen (Denmark), published today in Nature Communications, estimates that its collapse could happen by mid-century, or potentially any time after 2025.



In 2018, two separate investigations came to the same conclusion: the planet's circulatory system was weakening. The main set of ocean currents that carry immense amounts of water from tropical to northern seas would be slowing down due to the impact of climate change. The latest report by United Nations experts (the IPCC) published this year came to the same conclusion.



The AMOC (Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation) is the main current system of the Atlantic Ocean. It is responsible for transporting masses of warm water from the tropics to the poles near the surface and directing cold water to equatorial latitudes in the depths of the ocean. It is a very important ocean current in the climate since it has a regulating function of temperatures. Therefore, any change or modification in the behavior of this current entails other changes in the climate at a global level.



Although there are no confirmed causes, the authors identify greenhouse gas emissions as a possible factor. The use of fossil fuels and the delay in the implementation of renewables leads the planet to collapse that seems increasingly sudden.



Canary Islands



In this sense in the Canary archipelago, located in a privileged place of the AMOC process, we have a coastal current of very cold waters in the Atlantic Ocean. It appears as if it is trapped between the northwest coast of Africa and the southern branch of the Gulf Stream or North Atlantic. They do not constitute the same current due to the different temperature of their waters, coinciding the strip of clouds near the Canary Islands with the southern branch (return) of the Gulf, with warmer waters.



But in recent times the abnormal state of the Atlantic only raises the temperature of the sea. It is feared that by September the seawater situation could be well above average.



Susanne Ditlevsen: "The decline of this flow system could alter the climate of Western Europe to resemble that of Alaska"


The AMOC is a subsystem capable of changing to an irreversible state, making it one of the most important inflection elements in the Earth's climate. Its possible collapse is of great concern, as it would have serious repercussions on the North Atlantic ecosystem and, by extension, on the entire planet.





The decline of this flow system "could alter the climate of Western Europe to resemble that of Alaska," Susanne Ditlevsen, from the Danish university and co-author of the study, tells SINC. "The heat transported northward by the AMOC will stay in the tropics, warming them even more. The greater temperature difference between the subtropics and mid-latitudes will increase the strength of the current and could intensify storms."



The results of the study showed early warning signs of a critical transition of the AMOC and suggest that it could be shut down as early as 2025 and no later than 2095.



This type of abrupt climate change was last experienced during the Dansgaard-Oeschger Events in the last glacial period, caused by the collapse and restoration of the AMOC. This caused fluctuations in the average temperature of the northern hemisphere of 10-15ºC in a decade, much greater than the current changes of 1.5 degrees in a century.



"The problem is that we haven't seen a collapse of the AMOC in the last 12,000 years," Ditlevsen said. "The declines and restarts observed in the paleoclimate record of the last glacial period were extremely abrupt," he adds.





The strength of this flow system has only been continuously monitored since 2004 and these observations have shown that it is weakening. However, longer records are needed to assess magnitude.

link to article for map

Tamara: I am sure we had a thread on this subject already but I've searched and can't find it. If anyone else comes upon it please let me know!

Radio Sintonia:

Pájara manages to register the Finca de Ajuy in the Property Registry.

The City Council of Pájara manages to register the Finca de Ajuy in the Property Registry of the municipality. After a process that has required time and effort, the Consistory, through the Department of Heritage, under the direction of the mayor himself, Alejandro Jorge, has carried out the follow-up of the initial file of the previous mandate. Thanks to this work, the registration has been concluded, which guarantees legal certainty to both the City Council and the residents of the municipality.



The municipal government has verified that in the Registry appears a mortgage subrogation that is no longer in force, associated with a bank. To correct this situation, the City Council will send a letter to said entity with the aim of eliminating and canceling that subrogation.

The mayor, Alejandro Jorge, points out as one of the objectives of the Consistory the continuity of projects and files not completed in previous mandates "that have a benefit in the population".

Jorge also affirms that "Pájara will value this farm, in such a way that it is productive and that its use promotes culture, tourism and the landscape of the municipality". In addition, he assures that, with this registration, "it is given a legal security that did not exist previously".

In addition, the City Council has decided to withdraw the appeal filed with the General Directorate of Legal Security and Public Faith due to the prior denial of registration in the Property Registry of Pájara. Since the property has already been registered, the reason for the appeal has lost its validity.

The Finca de Ajuy covers an extensive area of 58 hectares, from the Madre del Agua to the beach, and includes several almost centennial palm groves, gavias and old houses that, until now, were in a state of abandonment. Among the historic buildings are the Casa de la Aduana and the remains of the wagon track.

Radio Sintonia:

The Insular Craft Fair 2024 already has a date.

Meeting in the City Council of Antigua, the mayor, Matías Peña García, the Councilor for Culture, Jonathan Peña and the representatives of the Mafasca Collective Foundation, among these, the president, Nereida Brito Morales, begin the organization of the next Fuerteventura 2024 Island Craft Fair that celebrates its thirty-fifth edition.



Among the first aspects and proposals, the Organization of the Island Craft Fair, agrees to hold its next edition from May 2 to Sunday, May 5, coinciding with the first weekend of the month and the celebration of Mother's Day.

We agree that the proposed dates allow you to enjoy a pleasant Weather, and an added attraction, which surely benefits the sale of crafts, such as the celebration of Mother's Day, says the mayor, Matías Peña.

The dates are decided so far in advance, in order not to coincide with fairs or outstanding appointments of crafts in the regional agenda, or with other possible Events in Fuerteventura, says Councilman Jonathan Peña.

Announcing the dates in advance, adds the president of Mafasca, Nereida Brito, also allows artisans from all the islands, to organize for the trip and prepare the objects, jewelry and works to present and sell in the next edition of the Insular Craft Fair Fuerteventura 2024.

Hi 
a few weeks ago, after buying an apartment in puerto del rosario in 2017, i received a letter "Carta de aviso" from the Agencia Tributaria" where they claim payment for the years 2018/19/20. 
Why they sent this letter after 6 years? why they don't collect the Money as a direct debit from my spanish bank account as we agree at the first payment.
The biggest problem is that I can't connect with the tax agency either by phone, email, twitter or facebook, nobody reply to my messages. 
Does anyone know who I can contact to resolve this issue? a notary, solicitor? 
At the moment I'm not able to move because I'm waiting to have an operation on my knees. 
Can anyone confirm that this is the tax agency's email address? "sede.agenciatributaria@gob.es".

  Thank you.
 Gianni