MUSHROOMS AND TRUFFLES

CIRCULAR FOREST BIOECONOMY IN SOUTHERN EUROPE

10 OCTOBER 2018

EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT, BRUSSELS

CARLOS COLINAS

MUSHROOMS AND TRUFFLES

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FORESTS PRODUCTS WITH A HIGH

ECONOMIC VALUE

Truffle plantations

Fire protection (mosaic landscapes)

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Rural employment

MUSHROOMS AND TRUFFLES

10% OF THE SPANISH POPULATION LIVES IN 70% OF THE LAND

SAME TENDENCY ACROSS THE EU.

Rural employment

RTVE 4 oct 2018

MUSHROOMS AND TRUFFLES

THE CULTIVATION OF THESE PRODUCTS CAN OPEN A GOOD

OPPORTUNITY TO GENERATE SOCIOECONOMIC VIABILITY IN NORTHERN

AFRICA TO MITIGATE THE DRAMATIC, IMMIGRATION CRISIS.

Stabilizing rural population: great opportunity to generate socioeconomic viability

Photo: J.M. Estrada