Since 2019, the Ibiza Sustainability Observatory has produced an annual report, which has become a key resource about the island’s socio-environmental situation. The document includes around 50 indicators linked to 11 of the 17 United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), organised into thematic blocks that allow an analysis of Ibiza’s progress in areas such as biodiversity, water, waste, energy, land use and tourism.

The report provides an objective basis from which to inform public debate and decision-making, and promote more sustainable policies. Its findings are presented each year to the media, at public events and in academic forums.

This report presents a comparative study of Lanzarote, La Palma, Menorca and Ibiza, using a set of indicators organised into seven thematic blocks. Rather than evaluating specific policies, it seeks to understand historical trends and development dynamics in comparable island contexts, offering a framework to identify common challenges and insights.

The series began in 2018 with collaboration between Lanzarote and Menorca, and it has since added Fuerteventura and Ibiza. In the 2024 edition, La Palma replaced Fuerteventura. Rather than a static snapshot, this report is a strategic tool to promote development models that balance growth, social cohesion and environmental conservation.

Between 2020 and 2022, the Observatory produced the most detailed and ambitious land use map of Ibiza to-date, in collaboration with Menorca’s OBSAM and with funding from the Consell of Ibiza and the A-Team and MAVA foundations. The study analysed land cover across the entire island at a scale of 1:5000, offering a precise view of land occupation, landscape change and the impact of human activity.