Mr Miquel MIR GUAL

Minister of Environment and Territory , Goverment of the Balearic Islands

Miquel Mir is a trained geographer with a research career in coastal dynamics, who in recent years has become a leading figure in the Balearic Government. In 2016, he became General Director of biodiversity and in 2019 was promoted to Regional Minister of Environment. In his role Miquel led the development and approval of the Posidonia Decree – the most advanced piece of legislation globally to protect Posidonia seagrass meadows. Miquel will describe the Posidonia Fund - a compensation scheme to support conservation of seagrass meadows established under the Posidonia decree. This fund is coordinated by a committee with representatives from multiple sectors and in 2020 it supported 10 projects for a total of 200,000 Euro. Miquel will also touch on how the Balearic Sustainable Tourism Tax has helped support conservation.