The main uses of the territory in the Western Iberian, included in the LIFE project, are forest, with 21,508.61 ha (27.20% of space); Agricultural (21,367.681 hectares, 27.02%); scrub and natural pastures (18,798.73 hectares, 23.77%) and areas of agropastoral use (with 13,829.6 hectares, approximately 17.5% of the space). Smaller surface occupy wetlands, urban and industrial areas and areas without vegetation cover.

Altogether, there in space 715 farms, with a strong tendency to the abandonment of farms (75% of owners have over 55 years). The total population in the space of just over 10,000.

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