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areas in the municipality of Dénia, and the natural park of Montgó and Marine reserve of the Cap de Sant Antoni, as well as environmental resources such as water both fresh and marine and other aspects with value to quality of life such as tourism, landscape, natural attractions and bathing water. The renewable agreement will be valid for five years and Denia will support the research with an annual payment of at least €10,000 per year. to the route, Denia emphasising the route taken by dried raisins to the Port. El Verger has a dozen Riuraus, though privately owned, they have permissions for visits and viewings. They also boast the viewing spot of the Segaria terraces, where vines were grown on the edges of the rock. Orba’s Riuraus are in poor condition, though they plan to restore this abandoned heritage, and also emphasis the important historic clay industry, Denia, Orba and El Verger join the “Ruta del RiuRau” initiative Spain needs three times the effort to meet EU’s emissions targets Denia, Orba and El Verger have joined 12 other Marina Alta municipalities in the “Ruta del Riurau” initiative. This cultural heritage theme, celebrates the 19th Century hey day of the region, in the cultivation of muscatel grapes and manufacture of raisins, pointing out the characteristic architecture of the Riurau. Each town brings something distinctive Spain will have to treble its efforts in reducing emissions to enable it to meet the European Union’s carbon footprint targets, according to the acting environment ministry…Europe’s carbon footprint reduction goals are considerably more ambitious than those posed by the United Nations, being a drop of 40% on readings from the year 1990 by 2030. For Spain,