On the 6th of June, Mijas will host the Living Seagrass Meadow Festival, a public awareness and community engagement initiative focused on the conservation and restoration of seagrass meadows and their biodiversity. The event was presented on Thursday 28th by the councillor for the Environment in Mijas, Marco Cortés (PP); Irene Acosta, head of Volunteering at the Unicaja Foundation; and the Aula del Mar Mediterráneo Foundation (FAMM).

Coinciding with the celebrations for World Environment Day, the festival, which will take place on Torreón beach from 17:00 to 21:00, is organised by the Aula del Mar Mediterráneo Foundation, with the support of the Unicaja Foundation, and in collaboration with the Regional Ministry of Sustainability and Environment of the Junta de Andalucía. Cortés encouraged “everyone to come along, parents, older people and children, because it will be a festival for everyone, so that children can enjoy workshops, poetry, theatre and laboratory activities. It will be highly interactive so that everyone can learn about the importance of conserving seagrass meadows and posidonia, because in this respect, Mijas is the queen of the Costa del Sol”.

The festival offers a free, open programme designed to attract families, young people, visitors and the local community alike. In the morning, subject to prior registration, there will be a guided interpretive walk along the beach and a guided snorkelling tour to observe the biodiversity and conservation status of the seagrass meadows in Calahonda. The president and scientific director of the Aula del Mar Mediterráneo Foundation, Juan Antonio López, stated that “we are going to highlight the importance of the seagrass meadows right here in front of us for the countless ecosystem services they provide, such as water quality, coastal protection, biodiversity, oxygen production and CO2 capture”.

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