Guadiaro River to get a clean out

(Press release/Photo: Noticias de San Pablo) The Agencia Andaluza del Agua, or water agency, announced recently that it would be cleaning out the riverbanks of the Guadiaro river within the municipality of Jimena. The removal of vegetation, sediment and other detritus along some 30,000 m2 are expected to improve the river's course and thus minimise flooding. Mayor Pascual Collado has been pleading with the water agency for months, and now expresses his thanks to the Junta's Department of the Environment.

River Guadiaro as leisure and study centre

The 6th edition of the Jornadas de Interpretación del Río Guadiaro, or River Guadiaro Interpretation Workshops, takes place next weekend, from December 3 to 5. A great variety of activities are scheduled, including a photography exhibition, conferences, lectures, films, field trips and a host of other activities for all ages. The annual event is organized by San Pablo's Junta Municipal de Distrito with the support and cooperation of Jimena Town Hall, the Los Alcornocales Nature Park GDR (authority) and Diputación Provincial de Cádiz. See detailed programme below>

Over 1 million cubic metres of beach lost in Sotogrande

(Agencies) Verdemar-Ecologistas en Acción warned yesterday that the beach in Sotogrande has lost "over one million cubic metres of sand" since last winter, according to the environmentalists' spokesman Antonio Muñoz, who added that the worst losses are "from the Guadiaro River, passing by El Octógono beach and ending at the one at El Cucurucho." Muñoz points to storms and "the hand of Man" as the culprits. The latter, he added, was as the result of the removal of sand at the mouth of the Guadiaro, which has been replaced by "impermeable material that has diverted the natural lay of the river.">