The Director General of Sustainability of the Coast and the Sea of the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and the Environment, Pablo Saavedra, accompanied by the Director of the Biodiversity Foundation, Sonia Castañeda, presented in Mallorca the results of the Coastal Conservation Actions project, which in its four editions has already committed more than 660 beach bars and 16,000 volunteers to their surroundings.
 
These establishments have committed to the Decalogue of Good Environmental Practices, an initiative that aims to guide beach bars in improving the management of space and resources. To support compliance with the Decalogue, the “Responsible Beach Bar Awards” were created, which recognize the work carried out by beachfront hospitality establishments to improve their efficiency and relationship with the environment. In the three editions held so far, 175 beach bars have already participated, which have developed nearly 300 initiatives to preserve coastal areas, and 53,500 euros in prizes have been distributed among the 18 winners of the three previous editions.
 
For the fourth edition, which has received more than 80 nominations belonging to seven of the ten coastal Autonomous Communities, 9,000 euros will be distributed in six prizes. One of them, the “Special Mention of the Public”, will be chosen by the customers themselves, who will be able to recognize through the social network Facebook the work of the finalist beach bars for this category.  
 
In addition, the Beaches, Rivers, Volunteering and Land Stewardship Program has been developing, since 2012, beach and river conservation activities through volunteering. The initiatives, organised by an annual average of 40 land stewardship entities, have had the participation of more than 16,000 volunteers.
 
For the 2015 edition, more than 40 proposals have been received from 37 land stewardship entities within the framework of the Beaches, Rivers, Volunteering and Land Stewardship Programme, in which the participation of more than 5,000 volunteers is expected.
 
The aim of the programme is to involve citizens in the conservation of the coastline and the areas that make up the inter-community watersheds, establishing a network of volunteers for the maintenance and improvement of these spaces through volunteering days.