Campaigners urge Elton John to boycott music festival in Portugal

In an open letter, environmentalists say locating Mari(C)s Vivas event near a nature reserve threatens nesting birds and wildlife

Campaigners have sent an open letter to Elton John asking him to boycott a Portuguese music festival due to concerns it will be an environmental disaster for a nearby nature reserve.

Mari(C)s Vivas festival, which takes place every July in Gaia, Porto, has been moved for the first time to an area of land just 100m from the nature reserve of the Douro River Estuary.