More evidence has been presented to the judge studying the case brought by the environmental protest groups Salvemos Mojacar and Salvemos Macenas against the macro-development next to Macenas beach in Mojacar. According to Salvemos Mojacar the report presented last week shows the development is built in the LIC (Lugar de Interes Comunitario) protected area of the Sierra Cabrera and affects several protected habitats. The legal action brought by the protest groups asks the court, presided over by the same judge who declared the Macenas hotal building licence illegal, for the paralysation of construction work until the case has been heard and that irrigation of the golf course be stopped due to it being watered with water destined for human consumption.
The company building the complex has reiterated that it has all the necessary permissions and licences to build in the area and has highlighted its efforts to respect the environment. Among the environmental protection measures it has taken are the installation of its own waste water treatment plant that will treat all the waste water produced by the resort. The plant features the latest biomembrane technology and will produce recycled water ideal for watering the golf course and green areas when the apartments are completed and have people living in them. The Macenas project also affected about half of the world's population of sea lavender (Limonium estevei) a critically endangered endemic species of the province of Almeria, of which there were only 11,500 remaining examples. The plants affected by the works were transplanted to a reserve area by scientists in an effort to preserve them although Salvemos Mojacar claims the plants moved since died.
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