Government has a 111 million euro plan to mitigate coastal damage

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Government has a 111 million euro plan to mitigate coastal damage

The investment aims to address the “significant impacts on the coastline of mainland Portugal” resulting from the effects of the storms that hit the country at the beginning of the year. It is expected that 15 million euros will be applied by the start of the bathing season.

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APA is the Portuguese Environment Agency (Agência Portuguesa do Ambiente), the national authority that evaluates environmental impacts, enforces environmental law and issues licences or opinions on projects. Its opinions—such as the recent unfavourable view on the Lagoa Salgada mine—carry weight in permitting decisions and can delay or block projects that threaten water or other natural resources.

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