91 campers and motorhome drivers fined in Vila do Bispo

25 records were also collected for non-compliance with traffic signs

91 people were fined this Thursday for wild camping and motorhomes and parking in prohibited places, in Vila do Bispo, in an operation that involved the GNR, ICNF and the City Council.

In this action, which took place between 8:00 am and 13:00 pm, in an area of ​​the Natural Park of Sudoeste Alentejano and Costa Vicentina, 25 records were also raised for non-compliance with traffic signs in Vila do Bispo.

The operation involved 10 nature watchers and 10 soldiers from the GNR, 7 from the Vila do Bispo post and 3 from the Nature Protection Nucleus. Two elements of the Municipal Civil Protection Service of Vila do Bispo were also involved.

In a note sent to the newsrooms, the ICNF Regional Directorate emphasizes that «camping and wild motorhomes is a problem identified for a long time and constitutes a factor in the destruction of habitats, some of which are protected, as well as representing an illegal occupation resulting in degradation of the sites used by uncontrolled waste disposal that spread through improperly occupied sites'.

Actions like this have the objective, according to the organization, of “disincentivizing illegal and strongly degrading practices in an area of ​​high natural value but also for tourism”.

 



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