Ses Fonts Ufanes: natural monument

Ses Fonts Ufanes will be the first declared Natural Monument in Balearic Islands.

The Fonts Ufanes in Campanet, in the Gabellí property, comprise the most extraordinary hydrogeological phenomena on Mallorca. This is a spring that appears intermittently produced by the flooding of the powerful, unforeseen, spreading water source due to an accumulation of enough rainfall in the Puig Tomir area. This water supply ends up in the stream Sant Miquel that crosses the plain of Sa Pobla until it enters the marsh area of S'Albufera.

The Dirección General de Recursos Hídricos of the Balearic Governement has prepared a draft Decree that declares Ses Fonts Ufanes in Campanet as a Natural Monument. At present the projected regulation, based on the Law 4/1989, for the Conservation of Natural Areas and the Wild Flora and Fauna, is open to the the public prior to final edition and approval.

The GOB has sent the Dirección General de Recursos Hídricos a series of suggestions about the projected Decree with the view to strengthening the protection of the natural area, such as considering carrying out complementary building works outside the area of the Natural Monument, to catch and take advantage of the superficial hydraulic resources of Ses Fonts Ufanes, or not approving any more wells, nor the increase in existing extraction flow within the protected area. The ecological organisation has also proposed the creation of a board of governors as the participating entity in a consulting capacity in the administration of the protected area, and the creation of a a supervisionary organ for decision making comprised of representatives of the Conselleria de Medio Ambiente of the Balearic Government and the Ayuntamiento de Campanet.

More information:
- Nota informativa del GOB Mallorca (06/07/2001)

Related news:
- The Ufanes springs in Campanet (8/3/2001)

Datum: 10/07/2001

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