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To show the compatibility between gathering of natural aromatic and medicinal plants, the conservation of their natural area and the viability of its cultivation in the Pirineos as an alternative crop.

Reference: LIFE97 ENV/E/000260

PROJECT DESCRIPTION

BACKGROUND

At the present, in the Pyrenees, the low profitability which is obtained from the cultivation of some lands, makes necessary the search of different options in the traditional cultivation. This fact is aggravated with the low wood's price, resort that is used in front of the agricultural depressions. The demand of medicinal and aromatic plants has increased these last few years and this tendancy will continue in the future. This is an abundant resort that you can find in the Pyrenees and Pre)-Pyrenees which is often forgotten. The use of this natural recourse needs an investigation which is going to find the rules of collecting which could turn into a profitable alternative if exists a technical advice to benefit by it. This present idea tries that the different collectives understand the necessity to use in an ordered way, the several areas where plants are growing spontaneously. It is pretended to incentive the agrarian owners to consider the chance of cultivating aromatic and medicinal plants in the ecological way as a viable option in their actual exploitation. To develop the project it will be accomplished a previous study of the physical environment to find out the representative portions of the plot where it will take place the exhibition. The plots of natural places are going to be collected to show the influence that the way of recollection has on its natural development. The lands that have to be cultivated are going to be different places and they are going to be destinated to different kinds of species so, they are going to be used as a base in the future diffusion, showing the necessaries cultural tasks to every species. The diffusion campaign will prove the use of these cultivation in the different places as the interest in a controlled collection. At the present, in the Pyrenees, the low profitability which is obtained from the cultivation of some lands, makes necessary the search of different options in the traditional cultivation. This fact is aggravated with the low wood's price, resort that is used in front of the agricultural depressions. The demand of medicinal and aromatic plants has increased these last few years and this tendancy will continue in the future. This is an abundant resort that you can find in the Pyrenees and Pre)-Pyrenees which is often forgotten. The use of this natural recourse needs an investigation which is going to find the rules of collecting which could turn into a profitable alternative if exists a technical advice to benefit bt it. This present idea tries that the different collectives understand the necessity to use in an ordered way, the several areas where plants are growing spontaneously. It is pretended to incentive the agrarian owners to consider the chance of cultivating aromatic and medicinal plants in the ecological way as a viable option in their actual exploitation. To develop the project it will be accomplished a previous study of the physical environment to find out the representative portions of the plot where it will take place the exhibition. The plots of natural places are going to be collected to show the influence that the way of recollection has on its natural development. The lands that have to be cultivated are going to be different places and they are going to be destinated to different kinds of species so, they are going to be used as a base in the future diffusion, showing the necessaries cultural tasks to every species. The diffusion campaign will prove the use of these cultivation in the different places as the interest in a controlled collection.


ADMINISTRATIVE DATA


Reference: LIFE97 ENV/E/000260
Start Date: 01/07/1997
End Date: 01/07/1999
Total Eligible Budget: 0 €
EU Contribution: 132,479 €
Project Location: Parc batyrak Cadí-Moixeró, Pirineo Catalan

CONTACT DETAILS


Coordinating Beneficiary: Universidad de Lérida
Legal Status: OTHER
Address: Plaza Victor Siurana, s/n, 25003, Lérida,


ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES ADDRESSED

THEMES

  • Agriculture - Forestry

KEYWORDS

  • Agriculture
  • horticulture
  • mountainous area