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The 85,357 trees planted since 2008 with the campaign "Plant for the Planet" may compensate 208,271.08 tons of CO2 in a year
The City of Murcia, through the Department of Environment, led Adela Martinez-Cache, is conducting a major commitment to the environment and to increase the areas of high environmental value, regenerating and maintaining them in order to create public spaces for the use and enjoyment of all, but always respecting and preserving the environment.
Thus, planting new trees in the public spaces of the municipality of Murcia, among other initiatives of the Department, has been one of the big bets, hence so far this year 249 trees were planted, a figure that will rise to about 4,596 trees, according to forecasts from October 2013 to May 2014 in neighborhoods and districts green areas and in alignment, as forecast by the council must be added Collaborates camapaña Murcia.
With these new plantations, the municipality of Murcia to surpassing the 100,000 trees in parks and alignment.
The creation of new green spaces, which is a continuous maintenance and control of the different species of plants and trees, is what makes the council that directs Martinez-Cache have an ongoing management plan Woodland Township.
This plan is one that allows comprehensive monitoring of trees and plants, detecting all existing faults and replace those plants and trees, for damage caused by accident, vandalism or weathering, need to be replaced.
It is more than obvious that the green areas are a collective heritage of great social and cultural value, and therefore, the Department of Environment continues to progress in achieving sustainable green spaces, more care, clean and comfortable for everyday life citizens.
With the accession of the city of Murcia to the campaign "Plant for the Planet: Campaign billion trees" (a global initiative of planting trees provided by UNEP), through which it encourages peoples, communities, business, industry, civil society, organizations and governments to enter into commitments in line for planting trees, the city of Murcia, from 2008-2012, has reached a total of 82,357 plant native trees and of trees that have adapted perfectly to the local environmental conditions in municipal forest spaces and green areas.
The planting of native trees also contributes to the generation of natural sinks to absorb greenhouse gases, one of the actions promoted by the municipality and in the Plan of Action for Sustainable Energy of the Covenant of Mayors, as well as in its Strategy Local Climate Change In this way, the 82,357 trees planted compensate the CO2 emissions of 200 951 tonnes a year.
With "Plant for the Planet, Plant for Murcia" has achieved awareness groups, organizations and the general public of the role of trees as essential components of biological diversity that are based on networks and living systems alive.
We provide health, welfare, food and services these ecosystems on which our lives depend.
A municipal plantations plantations joined Murcia collaborates with various companies in the Municipality, to offset emissions issued by its business activities, which will in principle - only in 2013 - about 3,000 Aleppo pines, giving a total of 85,357 trees planted to offset 208,271.08 tons of CO2 in a year.
Moreover, at the request of various groups and associations of neighborhoods and districts have taken action of planting trees and other native plants, in fact, throughout the year there will be a total of 73 shares of planting new species in neighborhoods and districts.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Murcia
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