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The beginning of the week gave way to the start of the second year that the University of Mar taught in Alhama.
On Monday 20, the mayor of the Environment, José Miguel Muñoz, opened the course to your area organizations to disseminate the latest trends in rural development in protected areas.
The first presentation was given by Jesus Casas Grande, CEO of Sustainable Development in Rural Areas of the Ministry of Environment, with a presentation entitled "Protected areas in the National Policy for Rural Development."
In his presentation, the speaker made a tour of the current status of national rural, stressing that its abandonment is not something that happened in the decade of the 50 or 60 of the last century, but still keeps on giving.
The Government representative of the nation emphasized the great loss of cultural, economic and environmental impacts that a large part of Spanish territory is leading this development and provided data on the many rural towns are only being completely depopulated, resulting in the abandonment of all primary agricultural production systems, livestock and even forest.
Homes justified this situation due to poor planning of nature conservation over the years dragged, according to his testimony, has given back to farmers and ranchers, who are those who for centuries have shaped today's natural areas want to preserve.
To remedy this situation, he said, was drawn up in 2008 the Law on Sustainable Development in Rural Areas, piece of legislation currently under implementation through various programs and plans included.
In this context special emphasis was placed on the figure of "land contract" as one of the best ways to achieve the goals advocated by the law.
The territorial agreement is the instrument that provides the set of commitments to be signed between the government and farm owners to guide and encourage their activities for the benefit of sustainable development in rural areas.
Finally, the Director General referred to the initiatives the department is launching in the Murcia Region through the National Rural Network, providing a total of 4 million euros to aid crafts, training and crops alternative.
After finishing his speech course students actively participated in the lengthy discussion took place.
The conference was also attended by Secretary of Organization of COAG, the Manager of Integral Rural Development Society and several local farmers.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Alhama de Murcia
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