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We demand the urgent halt of the works that threaten the survival of the pair of Bonelli's Eagles in Gelida and the compliance with wildlife protection laws throughout the territory
More images, videosand plansof the destruction works of Ametller Origen in Gelida
We present to you the "Agroparc" Ametller Origen
In this video, we explain that on dryland farming land, the Ametller Origen project will install high-tech greenhouses, photovoltaic panels, partially underground industrial buildings, a biogas plant, and a water treatment plant. All of this combined with walking areas, tourist activities, and rural accommodations. This is the false Agroparc that they want to build between Gelida and Sant Llorenç d'Hortons in the Alt Penedès.
The project will affect everyone in some way, whether they are farmers, local residents, small businesses, hikers, cyclists, drivers,... It will affect your health (non-organic food, environmental pollution, light pollution,...), it will affect your work life (increased job insecurity, expulsion of independent farmers,...), in the impact on water, on species, and on nature in general.
of occupied rustic and agricultural land
of industrial area
height of the greenhouses
loading docks
for trucks
of infrastructure on rustic and agricultural land,
of great ecological importance
daily trucks
reclassified
of dry land to
install greenhouses
endangered species
including
the Bonelli's eagle
disappear from vineyards
of special protection
visitors to the "theme park" per year
Why we say no, here are more details
In October 2021, together with the Gelida Town Council, the Ametller Group presented in this municipality its new project “
Agroparc Penedès
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Agroparc planning advance
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It was a reformulation and expansion of the project that was already presented in the year 2017 , against which we have already raised our voice for the negative consequences it could have for our territory. At that time, it was put away in a drawer because Ametller did not have industrial land to implement all its activities. With the acquisition of Can Joncoses -agricultural land reclassified as developable land, but never developed-, the project is duplicated, increasing from 121 ha to 258 ha.
With the new project initially approved in December 2022, the area increases to 322 ha, with greenhouses occupying 21 ha and the industrial estate 23 ha.
Although the Agroparc is intended to be presented as a “closed-loop”, virtuous and complete project,
the reality is that it will involve the twisted application of territorial planning regulations to achieve the simultaneous implementation of a
processing factory, a photovoltaic park, farms, and intensive crops in greenhouses on protected dry vineyard land, among other things. From
StopAgroparc
we reaffirm our opposition and clearly state that
NO.