CDU states that “Tourism represents a major threat to the coast and the sea” | Funchal News Madeira News – Information from everyone for everyone!
CDU held this Wednesday in Braia Formuza, in the municipality of Funchal, an initiative for the election campaign that put the warning on the threats brought by tourism to the management of coastal and environmental risks on the sea.
In this CDU initiative, candidate Anna Paula Al -Mida made the following statement of the media:
“According to the latest official data, Portugal has the third largest exclusive economic economic zone (EEE) for the European Union, immediately after France and Denmark. Portuguese consists of 3 Subarias: SUBAREA, Subarea Azores and Subara Subara.2The area of the sea is 40 times higher than the ground dimension. This extension will allow greater and better exploitation of renewable energy (waves and winds), and materials and hydrocarbons.
The sea is the main good of the Portuguese economy. According to data from I, 2018, the sea economy is already 5.1 % of GDP, 5 % of national exports and about 4 % of employment. The activities associated with them, as a whole, were performed over the national average, highlighting the ranks of tourism (coastal), fishing, or fish or logistical industry. The challenge today is the compatibility of economic activities with climate change and their impact on marine and coastal ecosystems and their resources and the need to ensure the sustainability of these ecosystems themselves.
Madeira self -government area is an area Ultraperiférica With a vast marine area, which allows the development of some economic activities, which is tourism. Good natural conditions are a great appeal to marine tourism activities and to practice all water sports throughout the year. However, it is necessary to ensure sustainability and sea quality.
In 2014, PEV stated that the Funchal wastewater treatment plant does not work in the best conditions, which was harmful to the quality of the environment, and therefore, for the coast; In addition to the quality of the necessary water not only in terms of public health, but also in terms of preserving the marine environment and marine biological diversity. After 11 years, the problem has not been fully solved. Notice the frequent disciplines that occur in the funnel and even prohibit the beaches. Another worrying position is the pressure practiced by the excessive construction that led to the threat of the coast, which harms marine biological diversity and obstructing citizens’ access to the sea.
Since the administration, the preservation of the sea and the exploitation of the state’s responsibility, CDU has committed to promoting to discuss these issues in the Republic Association. The region and its inhabitants should only acquire a larger balance and a more sustainable way to explore the ocean, which will allow you to enjoy the sea and the activities it provides. It will also be good for tourism, which is the main source of performance in the area, but also one of the main sectors of pressure on nature and coastal.
The most quality sea, associated with more control tourism, will attract more tourists responsible for the necessary sustainability. “
