In the Valencia region there are a total of 23 companies selling products under the brand name “parques naturales “from the natural parks in the region.

The products include salt , olive oil , wine and other hand made products.The regional director for the environment has stated that the objective of the scheme is to create jobs in the areas where the parks are situated.They want to help the economies of the towns nearby.

It is also an opportunity to show the connection between the environment and the products.Each product is grown and produced locally and when it is a food product then it is healthy too.

Up to now eleven natural parks from around the region have been included with four in Alicante province.Fifty five percent of the products are agricultural and also include honey ,goat´s milk and vegetables.Then there are breads, horcheta and jams.These take up about 12% and the remaining 33% are generally services such as rural lodgings.

The environmental department is currently looking another seven companies that wish to have a license to use the brand name.They are hoping that within the next 2 years they could have at least 250 businesses involved.