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In News, Ralda & Friends Project
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Besides the problems with olive-trees plundering we have previously reported with Salvem lo Montsia Association, a new and great concern has appeared in our industry. It is the sum of four conjunctural factors that have come into play and put the job of thousands of Spanish producers at risk. This crisis can end up aggravating the plundering and the loss of economic, natural and cultural heritage. These are the increasing competition, the fall in the consumption of oil, the moderation of the prices in the market and the fall of the income of the producers. Last July, some 20,000 Andalusian...

In News, Ralda & Friends Project, Uncategorized
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Le pillage des oliviers millénaires du Montsià s’intensifie Comme nous vous l’avons dit à plusieurs reprises, l’un des problèmes les plus douloureux que nous connaissons actuellement dans les Terres de l’Ebre est celui du pillage des oliviers monumentaux. En effet de plus en plus d’oliviers centenaires et millénaires de grande valeur sont achetés puis déracinés, en suite transportés dans d’autres régions d’Espagne ou de l’Union Européenne où ils sont supposés devenir la décoration des jardins et des propriétés privées ou d’entreprises ou institutions. La plateforme Salvem el Montsià” dénonce depuis des années une situation qui représente une perte irréparable pour...

In News, Ralda & Friends Project
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As we have already told you, one of the most painful problems nowadays in the “Tierras del Ebro” region is what we call the plundering of olive trees. It happens when our centennial and millennial olive trees are indiscriminately uprooted and sold to agents around the world so they can use them to better decorate the gardens and properties of rich people or powerful institutions. For years, the “Salvem el Montsià” platform has been denouncing a situation that is considered an irreparable loss for our landscape, our environment and our economic and cultural heritage. Until now, this wealth can be...

In News, Promotions, Ralda & Friends Project
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A) 1st Economic Forum Tortosa – Terres de l’Ebre (www.tortosa.cat) Next Friday, 1 March, we invite you to attend the 1st Economic Forum Tortosa – Terres de l’Ebre at the Modernist Area of the Museum of Tortosa. The event will gather renowned experts such as José Maria Gay de Liébana (PhD in Economics, author, speaker and professor at University of Barcelona) and Olga Martin, president of the European Federation of Food Science and Technology and professor at Lleida University. The event is entitled “Denomination of Origin Economics” and is aimed to show and promote the economic attractiveness of the territory...

In Culture, News, Ralda & Friends Project
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We are very happy to announce that the millenary olive trees from the Sénia Territory (to which Godall belongs) have been declared by UNFAO as “Important System of World Agricultural Heritage (SIPAM)”. On December 7, our local newspaper, Mes Ebre (see: https://bit.ly/2FHTryy) reported that this acknowledgment was approved by the GIAHS program of the FAO and its Scientific Advisory Group. The Scientific Advisory Group also congratulated all the people involved in the candidacy and stated that the bidding letter from Ms. Tere Adell (manager of the Senia Territory) was the “best presentation letter” received. Ralda & Friends, as well as...