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Raul Garcia Hemonnet
In the summer of 2021, the news programs opened with impressive images of the Albufera de Murcia in which kilometric carpets of fish and crustaceans were seen dead due to the lack of oxygen in the water, caused by contamination by human activity.
Although the situation has improved, according to several experts, the state of Europe's largest salt lagoon remains critical.
With the aim of gaining an in-depth understanding of the situation in this area of Spain, the Rey Juan Carlos University has organized this Friday, October 7, at the Móstoles campus (Aulario II. Classroom 107), a multidisciplinary round table. Those responsible are the professor of Environmental Law, María del Mar Muñoz, and the professors of Environmental Sciences, Silvia Martín and Inmaculada Concepción Suárez.
"We want students to realize that the environment is something multidisciplinary, which is why we have chosen speakers with scientific and legal profiles," explains María del Mar Muñoz.
Among the speakers we find one of the lawyers who has achieved, together with the popular initiative, that the Mar Menor becomes the first ecosystem in Europe with Recognized Rights, Eduardo Salazar. On the other hand, the head scientist of the Geological and Mining Institute of Spain, José Luis García Aróstegui, who is also a member of the Scientific Advisory Committee of the Mar Menor and the professor at the Rey Juan Carlos University, Nuria Navarro, an expert in aquatic. In the same way, you will be able to listen to the point of view from the environmental protection and conservation, represented, in this case by the Captain of the Civil Guard (SEPRONA), Víctor Manuel Valero. Several of the speakers have carried out field work in the Mar Menor.
Together they will speak to analyze the causes of the climatic emergency of the Mar Menor, see if it could have been avoided and propose some solutions from different approaches: hydrogeological, ecological, environmental and legal inspection.
The presentations will be brief, leaving space for debate and participation. Attendance is open to anyone interested.
“We want students to be aware of any environmental issue because they are the ones who are going to inherit the planet. They are the ones who are encountering the climate emergency. That they are aware of the damage, of how to avoid it and that fighting can achieve things,” says Muñoz.
The conference has an academic recognition of credits of 0 ECTS and is an opportunity to approach a topical environmental problem and get to know it from different points of view.