Problems: How do you feel when you hear QVERDEVELOPMENT AND HABITAT LOSS about environmental problems in Spain? EXTINCT Spain's coastline is disappearing. e.g. Tarifa beach DESERTIFICATION / WATER SHORTAGES ‘One-third of the county is at risk of becoming a CONSERVATION/ desert because of climate change and poor land THREATENED PROTECTION use! e.g. strawberry farms Dofiana National Park. WATER POLLUTION CLIMATE SAVE / WASTE ‘CHANGE 33 per cent of Spanish rivers are severely contaminated. AIR POLLUTION Environmental Concerns in Spain Coal and iron centres in Madrid and in the north of Spain, Exhaust fumes from cars, DEFORESTATION Many of Spain's forests have been cut down or destroyed by forest fires. How could the environmental problems in Spain have been prevented? How do you feel when you hear about environmental problems in Spain? INTRODUCED SPECIES ENDANGERED SPECIES PROTECTED SPECIES What can people do to address How long hs sennene these concerns? going on? What are the biggest environmental problems facing Spain at the moment? What have people been saying about them? What have people been doing about them? NATURE/ COUNTRYSIDE RECYCLING Do you think the Spanish government do enough to protect the environment? ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY/ GREEN RENEWABLE ENERGY (SOLAR POWER/ WIND POWER/ WAVE POWER)Problem: WATER POLLUTION 33 per cent of Spanish rivers are severely contaminated. Raw sewage straight into the seain direct contravention of EU law. Offshore oil and gs rigs are creating harmful pollutants, Causes: Farmers use pesticides that are washed away and absorbed by the water systems. 58% of towns and villages on the Spanish coast lack ‘adequate! treatment facilities for waste waters. Solutions: Restrict the use of harmful chemicals and pesticides. Fine business that dump harmful substances into the water supply. Build more treatment facilities for waste waters Problem: DESERTIFICATION / WATER SHORTAGES (One-third of the county is at risk of becoming a desert because of climate change and poor land use! Causes: Climate change. The use of more than 80 per cent of water resources for farming and tourist practices such as golf courses. the lack of a “water culture,” a sense of its importance and preciousness. Solutions: Educate the population to save water. Increase the price of water. THREATENED EXTINCT RECYCLING Problem: OVERDEVELOPMENT Spain's coastline is disappearing under concrete at a rate of three soccer pitches a day according to the report and yet councils plan to build 3 million new houses, 202,000 hotel spaces, 316 golf courses and 102 new marinas along Spain's 5,000 km coast over the next few years. constant modifications to planning laws. Causes: Relaxed building laws, greedy developers and corrupt politicians. Solutions: Protests against new developments. Introduce stricter building laws. Investigate corrupt politicians. (The police are currently investigating 55 town mayors in connection with 100 cases of corruption concerning illegal development.) NATURE/ COUNTRYSIDE ‘SAVE / WASTE Problem: AIR WATER POLLUTION, (Gauses: Coal and iron centres in Madrid andin the north of Spain. Exhaust fumes from cars, (90 per cent of transport in Spain is by road.) Environmental Concerns in Solutions: Increase the price of petrol. Increase road taxes. Encourage the use of public transport. Encourage the use of renewable energies. Tax factories that produce high levels of oollution CONSERVATION/ PROTECTION \VIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY/ GREEN Increase the punishments for illegal building. Enableta DEFORESTATION RENEWABLE ENERGY Many of Spain’s forests have been cut down or destroyed by forest fre. ‘Causes: Industry and urban development. Accidental and deliberate forest | (SOLAR POWER/ fires. WIND POWER/ WAVE INTRODUCED SPECIES CLIMATE Solutions: Educate the population to take better care of forests, Ban the POWER) ENDANGERED SPECIES CHANGE use of barbecues. The use of fire breaks to stop fires spreading PROTECTED SPECIES iSLCollective.com