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The Ministry of Agriculture and Water earmarked almost 1.9 billion euros in the prevention and fire protection of this protected environment, which is the most visited year

Regional Park-Carrascoy Valley is the biggest and best "green lung" of the municipality and the largest sink for CO2 absorption of greenhouse gases.

Therefore, the Mayor, Miguel Ángel Cámara, there has been doubly "satisfied" with the work being undertaken by the Ministry of Agriculture and Water through comprehensive prevention plan and fire management, endowed with an investment of nearly 1, 9 million for the period 2009-2012.

The Mayor, Miguel Ángel Cámara, visited the Wildlife Recovery Centre in a ceremony chaired by the Chief Executive of Murcia, Ramón Luis Valcárcel, which has released the work being done in the Comprehensive Plan Prevention and Control of Forest Fires.

Also attended by the Councillor for Environment and Urban Quality, Adela Martinez-Cache, and the Minister of Agriculture and Water, Antonio Cerdá, among other officials.

House has stressed the "fundamental" that the municipality of Murcia is the plan to protect the Regional Park-Carrascoy Valley, which covers an area of 17,400 hectares, of which 1,000 belong to the city of Murcia, with a million and a half visitors a year, is the most used by Murcia.

The action includes, among other areas, an analysis of current fire risk, the design of a monitoring program deterrent and improving the infrastructure to protect against fire.

This striking environment is part of the 557 million m2 of protected land in the municipality for their environmental interest, forestry, productive and landscape, which represents 63% of the total.

Within the local approach to climate change, it is very important the role of forest areas to minimize the impact as the "absorption of CO2 by plants in the process of photosynthesis is one of the main mechanisms of absorption of this greenhouse gas. "

Coordination between the City and the Autonomous Region has established a joint program of activities, including organizing hiking activities, dissemination of the peculiarities of the park as well as others that promote the citizen environmental awareness.

Source: Ayuntamiento de Murcia