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"If the world of grazing disappears, the mountains of Euskal Herria will not be mountains of Euskal Herria"

  • The Basque College has voted on the Mountain Policy for the next four years. The project was presented by Battitte Laborde, head of the Committee of Montes de Sara, in the plenary of the Basque School of Urban Helmets.
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03 January 2023 - 08:50

The project has four main objectives: to ensure the dynamization of villages and regions, to organize the territory, to guarantee the quality to live in the same place the legitimacy of the men and women living in the mountains and mountains. Soon Berri talks to Battitte Laborde.


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