As I discussed last month , the environmental groups do not pull Madrid the towel in the fight against golf Tres Cantos, have managed to bring the case to the European Parliament by Green MEP Raul Romeva. I imitate the joint press release that took a couple of days:
Collectives, Ecological Association of Jarama El Soto, ECOLO, Ecologists in Action, and Jarama GRAMA Vivo, through the Deputy Raul Romeva parliamentary group The Greens / EFA, have submitted a parliamentary question to the European Commission for breach of the Habitats Directive which will produce the construction of the golf course for the Ryder Cup 2018 in Tres Cantos. The project will produce negative impacts on several protected species within an area of \u200b\u200bNatura 2000.
The question raised by environmental groups is based on significantly altered, significant and negative of a priority habitat and several species listed in Annex I of the Habitats Directive. In particular, the farm area Valdeloshielos is usually frequented by species such as the imperial eagle, black vulture, black stork or the Cabrera vole, among others.
The project promoted by the city of Tres Cantos and the Royal English Golf Federation to make the so-called 'Golf Complex on the farm Valdeloshielos' aims to locate a golf course 18 holes, a 9 and a practice rink a property of about 230 hectares in a natural space within the LIC 'Manzanares River Basin. "
The golf resort has been approved by the Directorate General for Environmental Assessment of the Community of Madrid despite objective evidence of this project is incompatible with the conservation of an area of \u200b\u200bthe Nature Network. Even the Community of Madrid has ignored documents produced by itself, as the draft Recovery Plan imperial eagle, which classified the property of Valdeloshielos as "critical area" for this predator, given its remarkable state of preservation, the continued presence of the species and the potential it offers for food and its dispersion. The same way we have neglected the project alternatives such as placing the golf facility on another farm in Tres Cantos.
addition, the golf course project to celebrate the Ryder Cup 2018, guaranteed by the municipality of Tres Cantos, by the Government of Esperanza Aguirre and the Council of Ministers, it has nothing to do with legislation approved by Environmental Assessment Division. This project provides extensive facilities including a luxury hotel, restaurants, bleachers for thousands of people, parking and a helipad, among other places. All these elements have not been evaluated the project, which is a complete fraud, deception of the citizens and a mockery of the procedures of environmental impact assessment.
--- edited to include this video, recorded in the estate of Valdeloshielos, I've found on facebook of Ecologists in Action: "Do not be confused. The golf course will cease to be his field."
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