Ibiza: Santa Eulària grants 60,000 euros to the agriculturists to maintain the landscape

The mayor of Santa Eulària, Ibiza, Vicent Guasch, has renewed the agreement of collaboration with the Agricultural Cooperative, by which the Consistorio yields to the agrarian organization an economic aid of 60,000 euros. An advance of this sum of 12,000 euros was disbursed yesterday at the moment of signing the agreement. On the side of the cooperative his president signed the agreement, Antonio Ferrer Noguera, that went to the City council accompanied by another director. The agreement stands out that the Consistorio grants this aid within its competitions of protection of the enviroment. Both parts want to maintain the fruit sector of dry land in the field of Ibiza to guarantee the presence of almonds tree, carob trees, fig trees and olive trees, that have traditionally conformed the agricultural landscape of the island of Ibiza. If these species disappeared, the landscape would be modified. The little productions of the last years have undercapitalized the operations, that have difficulties to carry out the pruning and to replantar the dead trees. The agreement establishes the cooperation, so that the City council contributes bottoms of its budget to subsidize until the 50 percent of the works of pruning, sale of trees and expenses of population and repoblación. Vicent Guasch indicated in addition that the City council has open the term for the request of aids for the construction of stone walls in the farmer property. It also indicated that from the year the 2000 Consistorio has financed the accomplishment of 4.4 kilometers of walls of these characteristics, with total a municipal investment of 181,728 euros. The walls located near the highways have preference, with the purpose of offering a good image.