{"id":125,"date":"2015-12-31T09:17:08","date_gmt":"2015-12-31T09:17:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/uncategorized\/spains-ancient-olive-trees-under-threat-from-market-for-garden-ornaments\/"},"modified":"2016-01-03T03:34:22","modified_gmt":"2016-01-03T03:34:22","slug":"spains-ancient-olive-trees-under-threat-from-market-for-garden-ornaments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/spains-ancient-olive-trees-under-threat-from-market-for-garden-ornaments\/","title":{"rendered":"Spain&#039;s ancient olive trees under threat from market for garden ornaments"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><html><body><\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\nPetition focuses growing backlash against companies who dig up thousand-year-old trees to sell to wealthy foreignersThey have witnessed \u2013 and withstood \u2013 much of Spain\u2019s rich history; their thick, gnarled branches steadily supplying olives to a changing roster of Romans, Moors and Christians. But recent years have seen Spain\u2019s thousand-year-old olive trees face one of their biggest threats to date: a growing demand for unique garden ornaments that has led to the trees being uprooted and transported around the world, from northern Europe to the US and the United Arab Emirates.\u201cWe\u2019re losing some of the biggest and oldest trees of Europe,\u201d said C\u00e9sar-Javier Palacios of Madrid\u2019s F\u00e9lix Rodr\u00edguez de la Fuente Foundation. The foundation, dedicated to honouring the memory of one of Spain\u2019s best-known naturalists, recently launched a campaign to try and keep these trees in Spain. Continue reading&#8230;&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\nSource : theguardian.com&#13;<br \/>\nRead more&#8230;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2015\/dec\/31\/spain-ancient-olive-trees-threat-garden-ornaments\" target=\"_blank\">Spain&#8217;s ancient olive trees under threat from market for garden ornaments<\/a><\/p>\n<p><\/body><\/html><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#13; Petition focuses growing backlash against companies who dig up thousand-year-old trees to sell to wealthy&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"false","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-125","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-property-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p75ss1-21","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":137956,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/still-nurturing-love-and-vines-the-centenarian-who-built-barcelonas-first-roof-garden\/","url_meta":{"origin":125,"position":0},"title":"Still nurturing love and vines: the centenarian who built Barcelona\u2019s first roof garden","date":"June 26, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"\r When environmentalist and pacifist Joan Carulla came to the city after growing up during Spain\u2019s civil war, he created an \u2018allotment in the sky\u2019 that helped pioneer organic farmingWhen Joan Carulla Figueres turned the roof terrace of his Barcelona apartment into a garden, it was out of nostalgia for\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Property News&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":144615,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/why-i-love-europes-hidden-gardens\/","url_meta":{"origin":125,"position":1},"title":"Why I love Europe\u2019s hidden gardens","date":"June 1, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"\r When I toured Spain\u2019s world-famous estates and palaces, it was a small semi-concealed garden I stumbled upon that made the biggest impression \u2013 and inspired me to discover other urban oases across EuropeLast spring, my wife and I embarked on an extended family holiday through Spain, taking our two\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Property News&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":69816,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/spains-liberbank-sheds-real-estate-exposure-in-bain-capital-deal\/","url_meta":{"origin":125,"position":2},"title":"Spain\u2019s Liberbank sheds real estate exposure in Bain Capital deal","date":"October 23, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"\r Robust appetite for non-performing loans and other distressed assets across Europe\r \r Source : ft.com\r Read more...Spain\u2019s Liberbank sheds real estate exposure in Bain Capital deal","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Property News&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":97562,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/re-start-of-major-home-building-in-spain-threatens-picture-postcard-coastline-villages-and-coves\/","url_meta":{"origin":125,"position":3},"title":"Re-start of major home building in Spain threatens picture-postcard coastline villages and coves","date":"September 10, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"\r Sandwiched between a crystalline blue sea and green pine trees lies Aiguafreda, one of Spain\u2019s last largely unspoilt Mediterranean coves which is now being threatened by a new building frenzy. 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