Livestock

Pago basoa
2026/03/21 - 07:30

We have more and more forests in the Basque Country: the pastures have given way to the trees

Lur Geroa usually draws up forest management plans for the municipalities of Navarre, where most of the mountains and forests are public, and where the municipalities of Navarre own about 80% of the forests. According to Navarre regulations, the Foral Government is responsible for financing forest management plans, but the municipalities have to approve them and many require citizen participation. 

The consultancy proposes, among other things, how these forests can be exploited in a sustainable manner, that is, how much wood can be extracted from each forest in 10 or 15 years, without the loss of volume of forests. In addition, municipalities are obliged to invest 20% of the money they receive from their exploitation (sale of timber or leasing of land) in the mountain. It also advises how to make these investments.

 

Mercosur protesta Gasteizen
2026/02/21 - 16:10

Hundreds of people in Vitoria have opposed the Mercosur agreement

Members of the primary sector, including tractors, demonstrated this Saturday in Vitoria-Gasteiz against the agreement between the European Union and Mercosur and in defence of the food sovereignty of the Basque Country. In the protest called by Araba Bizirik, Ataca, Bionekazaritza and UAGA, they have denounced that this agreement puts food health and safety at risk,  "It opens the doors even more to multinationals that use hormones that are banned in Europe."

Traktoreen protesta Gasteizen
2026/01/09 - 12:43

Farmers and farmers warn they will 'intensify' their mobilizations against a possible agreement between the EU and Mercosur

This has been announced by the President of Ataca, Raúl Beitia (an independent association of farmers and farmers in Treviño and Álava) on the second day of protest against the new Common Agricultural Policy. Half a hundred tractors have concentrated in front of the Basque Government in Vitoria before a new march will take them to the Subdelegation of the Government.

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