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Alicia Morales notes that "logging, removal and pruning in different municipalities has been generating much controversy in recent years" and notes that "in the gardens of the Malecon and Floridablanca, which have maximum protection, have been isolated actions which do not solve the problem suffering "
MURCIA NOW proposes the creation of a Bureau of the tree, to establish the criteria and guidelines for the replacement of trees and planting new specimens, and also choose the most suitable species in each case.
The proposal of the municipal formation, which will be in the form of motion to the next plenary session, is motivated by the government's policy of erratic PP without clear objectives and technical criteria regarding trees, and the absence of a comprehensive assessment in this area .
Councillor and spokesman Now Murcia, Alicia Morales said that would be invited to participate in this table to organizations and groups that can provide a comprehensive and multidisciplinary approach, as municipal boards, federations neighbors, College of Biologists, College of Forestry or the Spanish Association of Landscape Architects, among others.
The call for such a body would take place in October, so that before the end of 2016 to present the findings.
The mayor recalled that "the felling, removal and pruning in different municipalities has been generating much controversy in recent years. In some cases, the disappearance of large specimens that were not affected by any pest or disease, and other cases, the problems suffered over time by finally felled copies, because of their poor maintenance and inadequate pruning ".
As Morales points out, "replacing deleted by other much smaller and low-porte exemplary results in harm to the municipality, due to the loss of tree mass, reducing shadow areas and, ultimately, less urban quality in our air and in our streets, roads, gardens and green areas. "
The councilor explained that this lack of judgment in planting and renewal of woodland has been occurring despite the existence of the Municipal Green Areas and Woodland Viario the municipality of Murcia, which also includes the principles contained in the Declaration on the Right to the Tree City, among others that "the system of trees in our cities is a basic system and as such should be assessed, planned and managed".
Morales noted that recently "some of the largest trees in our town, as the ficus Plaza Santo Domingo or copies of the same species in the garden of Floridablanca, have shown that their state may not be the most optimal , to discard several of its branches in recent years. "
In this sense, "both in the garden of Floridablanca, with the placement of several cypresses, as in the Malecón, both with maximum cultural protection, have been isolated actions do not solve the problem of these gardens, nor the conditions caused from temporary facilities related to events such as fairs, barracks, etc. ".
"It is, in short," says Morales, "to take into account the values ​​of urban trees, highlighting their ecological, social, scenic, economic and environmental contributions, and ensure that all actions of the City Council in this area will accordingly criteria and lines of action set ".
Source: Ahora Murcia
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