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Mayor Juan Martinez, the director general of the Environment, Amador Lopez and Councilman Environment, Celia Martinez opened this morning in the auditorium of the City of San Javier, an information day on the occasion of World Environment Day " which should help raise public awareness about the importance of environmental issues and promote a change of attitude in this regard, "said the mayor, Juan Martinez.
At the conference, which was held in the morning, involved four speakers who have addressed issues such as renewable energy, recycling, or water pollution by nitrates.
Two technicians from the District Agricultural Office-Mar Menor Cartagena addressed the latter issue relating to agriculture and to livestock to cause such pollution.
Duck Antonio Fernando Condes and exposed the alarming figures for production of nitrates in the three areas identified as vulnerable in the Region of Murcia, being precisely that of the Campo de Cartagena the most affected, which is aggravated by the presence of the Mar Menor, which receive tons of agricultural nutrients through the gullies of the Albujón and Miranda, mainly.
Since the District Agricultural Office, acknowledge, however, that most farmers are complying with the Action Plan of the Region of Murcia to reduce levels of pollution that leads to the acceptance of a Code of Good Agricultural Practice, and compliance a program of action, enforceable in vulnerable areas.
These measures, which come from a European directive applied in different countries, ranging from maximum levels, types of fertilizers and application conditions by type of crop or keep a notebook control of nitrogen fertilization and promote composting .
All this supervised by a control program.
The paradox of this situation, concluded the experts, that despite all efforts, the awareness of most of the sector, and the good results of the checks, nitrate levels are increasing.
SE is a widespread problem across Europe, said the speakers, where the numbers appear to have stabilized at 12 million tons of nitrates in 2008, compared to 2 million tons in 1950 are counted.
The day of the World Environment Day which falls on a program of weekly activities, continued with tasting menus with organic products from the area, at a local restaurant and a theater for children in the Plaza of Spain themed focused on environmental and water.
Source: Ayuntamiento de San Javier
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