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"FUERA de SERIE" EL MUNDO, nº45 26 AGO 2018

THE JEWEL OF 'MAR MENOR'. Baron Island, a nature conservation example in front of 'La Manga'. SUSTAINABILITY

TREASURE ISLAND. In the center of an area devoured by tourism, BARON ISLAND, in the Mar Menor, is a model of private management. In the hands of the Figueroa family for seven generations, its good preservation has been now awarded by Brussels. The last and ambitious project, to recover the area's falconry tradition and history. By VICTOR RODRIGUEZ, photographs by ALVARO FELGUEROSO From the yacht club of Los Nietos the crossing of this peculiar and unique Mar Menor small sea, in Murcia region, lasts only 20 minutes. The motorboat moves slowly. On starboard side, the

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