We fund research to sustain the future
We believe that it is fundamental to imagine a new future for Puglia, Italy and the Mediterranean.
Save the Olives supports research and the C.N.R. with concrete projects, from the creation of Screen-House to experimental olive groves, necessary to be able to give new impetus and speed up the search for new cultivars of Olive trees resistant to Xylella Fastiodiosa.
Consider supporting us and thank you to those who have done so and continue to support with funding.
Xylella fastidiosa, a problem of Apulia and the Mediterranean
When xylella fastidiosa was first intercepted in Apulia in 2013, few believed it could cause the desiccation of more than 21 million olive trees. Today, the entire Salento area (in southern Apulia) has completely changed, once lush green landscapes of olive forests have given way to an endless expanse of dried-out trees.
A deathly and desolate landscape, which month after month is advancing inexorably toward the north of Puglia, and has already reached Bari and the plain of monumental olive trees, the only place in the world with the highest density of ultra-century-old olive trees, which is now in very serious danger.
But not only that, xylella fastidiosa has been listed as one of the main phytosanitary problems in the entire Mediterranean area. It is advancing very rapidly and there is a real risk of spreading the bacteria in Mediterranean countries with a strong olive-growing vocation, such as Spain, Greece and Tunisia.
Despite this awareness, despite the scientific evidence, many still fail to recognize the seriousness of this problem.
Xylella: facts and figures
Number of olive trees killed by Xylella
Number of olive trees at risk of desiccation
CO2 absorbed by an olive tree in 1 year
Total surface at risk of desertification
Rate of spread, Xylella fastidiosa is advancing
Who we are
Save the Olives ONLUS is a non-profit organisation of volunteers tackling the Xylella Fastidiosa epidemic in Apulia, southern Italy. Detached from politics, far from polemics and indifferent to conspiracy ideas, we act together in a millenary landscape trying to concentrate the forces of the interested parties to raise awareness and educate the inhabitants of the attacked territory.
We are agronomists, farmers, artists, engineers, students, businessmen and researchers, but above all we are great defenders of our land who believe in a sustainable future for the olive culture.
The Save the Olives Beliefs
RESEARCH
Financial support for concrete research projects, to facilitate and accelerate the process of selecting new species of native and Xylella-resistant olive trees, and to promote good agronomic practices.
SALVAGUARDY
Training courses teaching how to graft monumental olive trees, and constant awareness-raising about the importance of early grafting, which to this day is the only solution that can save Puglia’s monumental olive trees.
LANDSCAPE
We believe in the advent of a modern olive growing, based on new plantings and native varieties of olive trees resistant to Xylella, to give new life to the territory and the olive sector that is today in serious danger.
Fundraising
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