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The bases for the Torrevieja Carnival Contest Parade and foreign comparsas, as well as the bases for the National Drag Queen Contest, and comparsas and chirigotas "City of Torrevieja", are already available on the website of the Cultural Association "Carnival of Torrevieja ”

The Department of Youth of the City Council of Torrevieja informs that the Youth European and Hostel Card is now available in digital format. In this way, people between the ages of 14 and 30, both inclusive, interested in obtaining the Carnet Jove can request it online through the website https://ivaj.gva.es/es/carnetjove and will automatically receive the digital card in your email. This will allow users to carry it on their mobile device, which will mean greater comfort in its use.

Yesterday, Saturday, July 2, Urban Day was celebrated in the Antonio Soria Park, starting at 10:00 a.m. with the national Recycle with Paint House contest, dedicated to the graffiti artist Raúl Sánchez “House”.

The team of researchers from the University of Alicante, led by Professor Rosa María Martínez Espinosa, is studying the use of halophilic microorganisms to clean contaminated water and brines before they are returned to the sea. Microorganisms consume these contaminants as food and make them disappear. At the same time, they create a biomass that can be used to make bioplastics. A raw material that can replace polluting plastics.

The Association of Naturalists of the Southeast (ANSE), with the support of NaturGreen and under the direction of the Department of the Environment of the City Council of Torrevieja, directed by Antonio Vidal, has been advancing in the recovery of the plant formations of the Municipal Natural Park Molino del Water in La Mata. During the 2022 campaign, the implantation of 500 seedlings of dune species is planned in order to improve the vegetation cover and recover threatened species or species that became extinct in the province of Alicante.

The Torrevieja Venue will host this Thursday, November 25, the second conference of the "Dialogues in the Territory" Cycle organized by the University of Alicante at its university venues. Specifically, this appointment will take place at the Torrevieja Headquarters, located in the "Virgen del Carmen" Cultural Center at 7:00 p.m., with the conference "From the Torrevieja Lagoon to industry and medicine", by Rosa Mª Martínez Espinosa, professor of the Department of Agrochemistry and Biochemistry of the University of Alicante, with the presentation by Ricardo Recuero, Councilor for Innovation of the Torrevieja City Council.

The Laguna Rosa has been used for the extraction of salt and, more recently, a tourist use of the immediate surroundings has begun. However, uses such as hydrotherapeutic, cosmetic and biotechnological have not been explored to date Diversifying the Torrevieja economy was one of the conclusions of the Torrevieja Strategic Tourism Plan, which points out the opportunity to work on endogenous resources that provide Torrevieja with differentiating elements and constitute competitive advantages to attract entrepreneurial talent and generate qualified employment The Torrevieja City Council has commissioned the General Foundation of the University of Alcalá (FGUA) to carry out a technical-legal study on the viability of these new uses