Ria Formosa struggle - Armona island properties are next for demolition

The Algarve’s Ria Formosa islanders today are celebrating the exit of Environmental Minister Jorge Moreia da Silva, a man so reviled by the inhabitants that his name already has entered the history books as the protagonist of a ground zero policy of property destruction all in the name of nature. The new environment minister, João Pedro Matos Fernandes now is part of António Costa’s new Socialist Party government and the fervent hope is that the policy covering the Ria Formosa area can exclude removing the very people that care for and work in and around the islands.

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