Portugal wants EU cash to pay for firefighting goats
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<p>Portugal wants to buy goats with EU money to fight forest fires Portugal proposes to finance grazing of goats, sheep and cows in fire-prone areas. The funds want to be channeled from EU emissions trading.</p>
Portugal has asked the European Union to pay for the work of shepherds of "fire goats"
Portugal has asked the European Union to pay for the work of shepherds of "fire goats".Portuguese Agriculture Minister Jose Fernandes has proposed that the EU include in the new long-term budget expenses for the work of shepherds who...
Negotiations on the European Union's long-term budget are heating up as individual member states seek to push their priorities through. Portuguese Agriculture Minister José Manuel Fernandes has one burning wish for the next long-term EU budget: more goats to help fight fires.
Portugal wants funding from the EU budget for herders who will release goats, sheep and cows to high forest fire risk areas.
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