Anti-desertification programme for the Algarve |
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The
Programme for Economic Valuation of Endogenous Resources (PROVERE) is
an attempt to prevent the desertification of natural and cultural
resources within the least populated regions of the Algarve. An
open public session was held to present the programme, which will use
community funds for public/private partnerships to create projects of
interest for these less populated regions.
These projects are open to tender until July 11th, and hope to boost local population by creating more tourist interest.
The
areas included in the projects are the surrounding areas of the
Guadiana River, the Algarvean West Coast, the Arade River and the
Algarvean mountain range.
PROVERE seeks to give continuation to the
Revitalization of Villages Programme that was promoted by PROAlgarve
between 2000-2006.
According to the rules, the maximum investment
for a project to be elected is of €50,000, and the co-financing fare of
councils is of 65%.
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