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In Spain, local and national institutions and the whole local olive oil sector have met to get the prestigious UNESCO candidacy of Andalusian olive groves back.
Spain’s Sea of Olives Among the Candidates for UNESCO Recognition
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization will vote on whether to recognize the 1.5-million-hectare olive tree forest that stretches across Andalusia.
Apr. 29, 2021
The Mar de Olivos (Sea of Olives) is among the candidates to become a UNESCO World Heritage site, according to María Dolores Jiménez-Blanco, the director general of fine arts at the Spanish Ministry of Culture and Sport.
Sprawling over 1.5 million hectares across southern Spain, the massive olive forest serves as the economic engine for 300 towns and is a “hallmark of Andalusia,” Jiménez-Blanco said.