A group of leading supermarkets, including Asda, Sainsbury’s, and Waitrose, has written to the regional government of Andalucía, warning that plans to allow more strawberry farms near one of Europe’s largest protected wetlands could risk “the reputation and the long-term development of the region”.
Last month, rightwing MPs in the southern Spanish region ignored protests from the central government, the EU, Unesco and several ecological groups by voting to “regularise” 1,461 hectares (3610 acres) of land near the Doñana national park.
