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Fundown users start with this activity in the municipal park that will be entitled 'Plant a tree, give life'.
It is one of the actions of the City Council strategy to plant more than 100,000 copies in the next decade.
"It is another example of the commitment of this session for the improvement and care of the environment. With that plan we will double the number of trees in the municipality, reaching 200,000 copies," said Councilman José Guillén.
The 2030 Forest Plan arrives at Terra Natura with the planting of new trees.
A group of 15 users Fundown, Down Syndrome Foundation of the Region of Murcia, starts today the activity is part of the strategy of the City Council to plant more than 100,000 trees over the next decade.
In this way, the town hall, through the Department of Urban Development and Modernization of the Administration, directed by José Guillén, starts a reforestation campaign that will allow the green areas of the Murcia park to be expanded.
The action at Terra Natura is part of the actions programmed in this plan that will mark urban environmental and landscape planning in the next decade.
Associations, groups, schools and individuals will be responsible for planting which will be held in the city zoo and is titled "Plant a tree, gives life '.
The Councilor for Urban Development and Modernization of the Administration, José Guillén, and the Councilor for Seniors, Disability and Development Cooperation, Paqui Pérez, have visited today the activity that has started with the users of Fundown and will continue with the associations of Astrapace, Assido and Astrade during the next weeks.
Specifically, Terra Natura will house the planting of more than 2,000 trees.
About 550 specimens of between 3 and 4 meters of the genus' meliá azedarach ',' catalá bignonoides', 'pawlonia imperial', 'salix alba', 'tipuana tipu', 'platanus acerifolia', 'would cause equisetifolia', 'morus will be planted alba ',' tamarix gallo ay ',' pinus halepensis'.
In addition there is also provided a forest plantation of 1,600 trees of small size, between 10 and 30 centimeters high, species 'pinus halepensis' and 'Tamarix gallica'.
“This is another example of the commitment of this session for the improvement and care of the environment.
With that plan, we will double the number of trees in the municipality, reaching 200,000 copies, â€said Councilman José Guillén.
"Our parks and gardens are meeting places for all groups, as well as open learning spaces without barriers or limitations and fully accessible," says the councilor Paqui Pérez.
Distribution of the new 100,000 trees in the municipality
Throughout this decade, until 2030, the 100,000 new copies will be distributed through eight strategic projects, which are the following:
-Murcia Rio II.
It will house 50% of the new plantations, 50,000 trees that will extend along 27 km of the riverbed and 14 districts, in the new large metropolitan parks, areas of stay and meanders.
-Paths Verdes.
Approximately 10% of the copies of the 2030 Forestry Plan will be planted on the Vía Verde during the next 10 years.
Currently 1,336 copies have already been planted.
-Corvera.
Murcia City Council, along with the Environmental Association Morus Alba, has already planted over 1,000 new trees in Corvera, with the aim of creating an indigenous forest.
It is a repopulation that is being carried out through endemic Mediterranean species.
-Parks, music and action.
This is a program to promote activities in the outdoors in parks and gardens of the city of Murcia, encouraging and promoting healthy activities and respect the environment.
In this sense, the 2030 Forestry Plan contributes to the realization of workshops for planting trees and shrubs.
-Centers public education.
The Plan will Foresta 2030 planting about 2,000 new units spread over a hundred schools of the municipality, new areas of shadow that will enjoy some 20,000 schoolchildren.
-Older center.
The objective of this project is the planting of trees in the immediate vicinity of the social centers of the elderly.
-Terra Natura.
The City Council has launched a reforestation campaign that will expand the green areas of the animal park within this complex.
-Barrios and districts.
Thanks to the 2030 Forest Plan, the districts and neighborhoods of the municipality will have up to 15,000 new trees, which will be planted at street level.
They will also be distributed in squares, boulevards and municipal gardens.
-Medianas and roundabouts.
The trees will be replaced in the medium and roundabouts of the municipality that no longer have their trees.
Native trees have priority
In this municipal strategy, priority is given to the planting of native varieties, which adapt to the climate of the municipality and its thermal individuals –Murcia is characterized by having a large temperature difference between day and night, up to 14 degrees, during the Spring and autumn months.
In addition, at the time of planting, deciduous trees will have preference, since they reduce the effects of global warming and nourish and fertilize the soil, and bet will be planted at street level - lined with alignment -, with the objective to provide more shadow spaces to pedestrians.
In urban environments, trees reduce the effects of climate change and lower the CO2, lower the temperature, promote biodiversity and beautify the landscape.
The five axes of the 2030 Forest Plan
The plantations of this great municipal plan correspond to five axes:
1) Mitigate the effects of climate change and reduce the emission of CO2 into the atmosphere.
A tree absorbs up to 150kg of CO2 per year.
They are excellent filters for urban pollutants and small particles, and regulate the flow of water and improve its quality.
2) Shadow creation and temperature improvement.
The strategic placement of trees in urban areas can lower the temperature between 2 and 8 degrees.
Trees around buildings reduce air conditioning needs by 30% and save between 20 and 50% of heating.
3) Promote greater urban biodiversity of species in the municipality.
Trees provide habitat, food and protection to plants and animals, produce edible fruits for local wildlife and birds as well as interesting flowers for bees and other pollinators.
4) Health improvement.
Not only because of its filtration effects of contaminating particles and combating climate change, since it is proven that spending time near trees reduces blood pressure and stress, and improves physical and mental health.
5) Landscaping and beautification of the city and districts.
Parks and gardens and urban landscaping make 'City Brand', are a tourist attraction and can increase the value of the properties of the environment up to 20%.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Murcia
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