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Murals for biodiversity The large mural-photographs of a seahorse -14 meters high and 9 meters wide- and an octopus -4 meters high and 7.5 meters wide - can already be seen on the south-west façade of the Parador de Xàbia, on the Arenal beach, and in the dividing wall of the El Trinquete restaurant parking, respectively, as spectacular messages of awareness and awareness of marine biodiversity in Xàbia and as an invitation to reflect on the need to conserve marine ecosystems. The presentation of the campaign “Why can not you see me?” In the hotel is another milestone in the Projecte Xàbia, a pioneering and pilot initiative, which began in 2017 the Oceanogràfic Foundation, with the collaboration of the Ciutat de les Arts i les Ciències, with a pioneering study of the seabed of the local coast and continuing an intense training and outreach program with local entities of all kinds with the support of the Biodiversity Foundation of the Ministry for Ecological Transition. .