EP 05. The Balearic Blue Deal explained in Palma, Manu San Felix talks Posidonia Planting and we meet SAY Carbon yachts Ibiza - a boat company with less impact on the water

As summer draws offficially to a close we wanted to assess what state the under water ecosystems remain in after increased traffic and check in to see how the Balearic water quality its faring. 

We start todays Episode in Palma in Mallorca in the offices of the Marilles Foundation to talk about the Balearic Blue Deal which aims to take 1% of public funding and reinvest it in our marine ecosystems. 

Aniol Esteban is the director of the foundation and a marine biologist and says after last years five marine heat waves in the Balearic Islands we need to put back into our seas to save them and protect 30% of them by 2030. 

Our second guest is Manu San Felix, A National Geographic explorer, marine biologist and life long Posidonia activist from Formentera.

He explains that protection of our seagrass is way down the line ahead of Novembers Foro Marino conference and that first we need to resource it, by planting more but also cultivating its balanced existence within the marine environment. 

We finish with a trip to SAY Ibiza Carbon Yachts to talk about the lightness of the boat design which has less impact on the water with director James Blanchfield.  The company are based in Santa Eulalia Marina and they say they would like to see an APP created to book anchorage for their guests, so that protecting the Posidonia becomes easier and any accidental dropping of anchor can be avoided.