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Oasis of hope: Oro del Desierto olive grove’s ethos could be sustainable solution to Almeria’s superintensive olive farms crisis

Tabernas’s Oro del Desierto olive grove is a different world to the vast super-intensive farms it neighbours, which are sapping the region of its life

29 Apr, 2017 @ 10:45

Almeria·Environment·Lead·Nature

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‘Ecocide’: Super-intensive olive farms fingered for water shortages in Almeria

Now 400 times more water is being taken from an important Almeria aquifer than enters, an alarming situation that is being blamed on a surge

29 Apr, 2017 @ 10:00

Almeria·Environment·Lead·Nature

Three hundred illegal wells shut down in Donana in bid to stop landowners draining wetlands

Junta officials swooped on the sites which unscrupulous parties had been using to tap an aquifer on which the Sevilla and Huelva-based national park is

28 Apr, 2017 @ 15:00

Environment·Huelva·Lead·Nature·Sevilla

Petition launched to turn Costa del Sol mountain range into national park

Over 13,500 people have already signed the campaign on Change.org to grant Estepona’s Sierra Bermeja the status jointly with neighbouring Sierra de las Nieves in

25 Apr, 2017 @ 14:33

Lead·Malaga·Nature

Mayor announces three day-mourning period for man killed by lightning in Granada

A 58-year-old father from Granada has been killed by lightning.

24 Apr, 2017 @ 16:18

Granada·Lead·Nature

Andalucia houses largest settlement of flamingos – around 22,000

An estimated 22,000 flamingos have arrived at Andalucia's Fuente de Piedra

17 Apr, 2017 @ 20:00

Environment·Nature

Andalucia heats up over Easter weekend with temperatures up to 29C

Temperatures will increase over the Easter weekend. The hottest region will be Cordoba.

14 Apr, 2017 @ 10:28

Cadiz·Cordoba·Environment·Granada·Huelva·Lead·Malaga·Nature·Sevilla·Travel News

WATCH: Massive bull gores Spanish matador through throat, tongue and mouth at his debut bull fight

Many in the 10,000-strong crowd can be heard screaming

5 Apr, 2017 @ 10:02

Health·Lead·National News·Nature

Practice of cutting off dogs’ tails finally banned across Spain

The amputation of ears, claws, teeth or vocal chords is also banned

23 Mar, 2017 @ 09:39

Crime & Law·Environment·Health·Lead·National News·Nature

Mesolithic people in southern Spain cooked and ate HUMANS just 10,000 years ago

The remains are covered in marks made from stone tools, fire and human teeth

22 Mar, 2017 @ 10:40

Almeria·La Cultura·Lead·Nature

Fracking has officially failed in Spain in loss for Mariano Rajoy’s Partido Popular

Fracking firms have been met with strong opposition from locals and regional authorities

22 Mar, 2017 @ 09:42

Almeria·Cadiz·Cordoba·Environment·Granada·Health·Huelva·Jaen·Lead·Malaga·National News·Nature·Politics·Sevilla

Red pandas arrive at Fuengirola’s Bioparc

The species has been labelled as in danger of extinction by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature after 50% of its global population

20 Mar, 2017 @ 13:00

Lead·Malaga·Nature

Animal rights activists plea to stop turtle culling in Malaga park

Campaigners want centres to offer to take in dozens of non-native species irresponsibly introduced into ponds at the Parque del Oeste, which are threatening indigenous

19 Mar, 2017 @ 11:30

Lead·Nature