The recognition values the support to extensive mountain livestock farming in coexistence with wildlife, which results in an increase of livestock farmers in the initiative's area of influence and in the improvement of their economy. The Foundation for the Conservation of the Bearded Vulture (FCQ) has been recognized by the Ministry for Ecological Transition and [...]

Environment and the Bearded Vulture Foundation have already placed the first containers in Liébana and Peñarrubia and have established a collection schedule to provide a "concrete solution to a real need of the territory". Cantabria has just launched a pilot project, unique in Spain, for the collection and valorization of sheep wool, from flocks of [...]

The LIFE Pro Bearded Vulture project has had a prominent presence at the International Ornithological Tourism Fair FIO 2025, with a stand and a conference in the main tent. In this 20th edition of FIO there were 114 exhibitors and 18,984 visitors: on Saturday (8,135), Sunday (6,167) and Friday (4,682). The FCQ stand was in [...]

The visit brought together the goat farmers of the Sierra de Gredos who participate in the LIFE Pro Bearded Vulture project through the production of high quality cheeses. A group of goat breeders from the Sierra de Gredos visited yesterday, at the invitation of the Foundation for the Conservation of the Bearded Vulture (FCQ), the [...]

Four leading NGOs in the environmental sector have joined forces after detecting that certain farmers and ranchers with final criminal sentences for serious breaches of environmental regulations continue to receive CAP aid. This is a systemic fraud involving public funds due to a lax penalty regime and a lack of administrative coordination. To be eligible [...]

The farmers of the "Lechazos Pro-Biodiversity" Guarantee Brand received training on fundamental aspects of animal welfare in extensive mountain livestock farming. This is a very specific training, since there was nothing focused on this type of livestock farming. Everything that had been done so far was aimed at intensive livestock farming. In order to carry [...]

At the beginning of September, the last goat raisers on the mountains grasslands of the Sierra de Gredos met with the FCQ to develop a mutually beneficial project. On the one hand, the aim is to increase the income of livestock farmers through the enhancement of their production and, on the other hand, the maintenance [...]

Throughout the month of January, taking advantage of the fact that the herds are in winter quarters, FCQ technicians have traveled through the Sierra de Gredos to analyze the situation of extensive livestock farming in mountain pastures. The report highlights that, while cattle have doubled their numbers since 1982, sheep have almost disappeared and maintain [...]

Mr. Blanco visited in Bejes (Cillorigo de Liébana) the actions that this group is developing in the region of Liébana to recover the species and promote the support of extensive sheep farming. The Minister of Rural Development, Livestock, Fisheries, Food and Environment, Guillermo Blanco, today reaffirmed the commitment of support of the Government of Cantabria [...]