The mayor of Puerto Lumbreras, Pedro Antonio Sanchez, has participated in the Third Conference on the European Union "Europe 2020 and the start of the crisis', coinciding with the Day of Europe.
Sanchez has addressed the "conference" Sustainable Growth Model City 'in which he explained the strategy followed by Puerto Lumbreras "with its large tourism development projects such as new engine of economic development."
May 9, 2011.
The Mayor of Puerto Lumbreras, Pedro Antonio Sanchez, has participated this morning at the Third Conference on the European Union has organized the University of Almería coincide with Europe Day.
The conference, which have been presented as the 'Europe 2020 and the start of the crisis', have had several speakers and the director of the Institute for Socioeconomic Studies in Cajamar Foundation, David Uclés, the Rector of the University of Almería, Pedro Molina Garcia, or the mayor of Puerto Lumbreras, Pedro Antonio Sánchez, after making Puerto Lumbreras in the first Spanish town to join the Covenant of Mayors of the European Union's Environment.
In this regard, Sanchez has discussed the paper 'Sustainable Growth Model City' in which he explained the model of sustainable tourism development as a model of economic dynamism.
In this sense, Puerto Lumbreras powers more than 150 concrete actions through Ecopuerto 2008 to 2012 and the Covenant of Mayors of the EU to reduce CO2 emissions and promote sustainable development and energy efficiency.
"Our Municipality designed its own Local Action Plan for sustainable development and energy efficiency, which was established as an innovative framework for climate change adaptation and mitigation of emissions of greenhouse gases in the municipality , and adapted to our plans for economic development through tourism, "explained Sanchez.
Additionally, Sanchez said that this "Plan of measures to promote sustainable development applies to our major tourism projects established as the new economic engine of our municipality."
In this sense, Puerto Lumbreras has created new tourism offerings that make up a cultural and tourist route through the cave houses unique visits in the area of ​​Murcia, the environment Nogalte Castle rehabilitated or new offers ecotourism in the natural landscape of Jara head up the new paths Botanical Water Use and Astronomy, and the new Center for Interpretation of Nature in the Youth Hostel.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Puerto Lumbreras