The royal decree, approved by the Council of Ministers on October 27, identifies the livestock routes that form part of a national network spanning more than 11,000 kilometers. In Aragon, it includes 13 livestock routes and four cross-border crossings, with a combined length of more than 2,700 kilometers. However, Ecologistas en Acción denounces that 24 Aragonese municipalities through which these routes run have still not classified their livestock routes, meaning that around 10% of these routes lack even this basic administrative protection.
THEY ACCUSE ARAGON'S GOVERNMENT OF "EXCESSIVE INACTION"
The environmental organization accuses the regional government of maintaining an attitude of "excessive inaction" and failing to meet the objectives of Aragon's Livestock Routes Act. It is therefore calling on the regional minister for Environment and Tourism to urgently promote the classification, demarcation, marking and signposting of all sections included in the national network, as well as strengthen monitoring to prevent occupation and access restrictions. It is also asking for new routes connected to the state network to be incorporated and recalls that, in 20 years, the Aragonese government has not declared a single section a Livestock Route of Special Interest.
Its demands also include the creation of a specific service within the regional administration, with sufficient staff and resources to manage and protect these areas. Ecologistas en Acción recalls that Aragon has around 12,000 kilometers of recognized drovers' roads, covering approximately 50,000 hectares.
