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To discuss the compatibility between tourism and sustainability, I was fortunate to be able to participate in an important forum held on the island of Formentera entitled ‘Save Posidonia Project’. As you may know, Posidonia relates to and is responsible for the excellent quality of our seawater, some of the oxygen we breathe, marine biodiversity, the absorption of CO2 and the slowing of the effects of climate change... even if, we are contributing to its destruction. The thousands of boats that anchor in our coves in summer and off our beaches, when dropping their anchors, sometimes destroy in minutes, what it can take centuries for nature to produce. And if we do not do something soon we will lose everything.