The lack of incentives to take care of forests and prevent fires in Spain: “It is more profitable to do nothing”
With 70% of the forest mass in private hands and a poorly designed tax system according to experts, almost three quarters of the area lack management plans.
Time passes slowly in the countryside and the border between the past and the future blurs. Rosendo Castelló's grandparents abandoned the family farm, located on the outskirts of the Barcelona town of Tordera (19,047 inhabitants), at the beginning of the 20th century because they could no longer afford the costs. 300 hectares managed by the family since the 16th century were then left abandoned to the sun and rain.
The grandparents moved to the province of Lleida, where Castelló was born: “I am a child of the rural exodus,” this trained economist describes himself at the age of 60. He inherited the farm more than three decades ago and decided to return to his origins. To do this, he had to pay a high price.
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