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For the plantation, a Covid protocol will be followed, respecting all the security measures set by the educational center.

The contingency plan will also be transferred to the tools used for the plantation and sanitary measures will be adopted such as the use of gloves and hydroalcoholic gel.The councilor for Urban Development and Modernization of the Administration, José Guillén and the councilor for Education and Infant Schools, Belén López, visited the CEIP Virgen de Guadalupe de Guadalupe this morning, where the actions of the Plan Foresta in the educational centers of the municipality continue .The schools carry out this training action within the City Council's environmental strategy, which is composed of a theoretical session, following health protocols, on the benefits of the activity and a practical part, in which the students themselves, with the help of technicians carry out the tree planting.The plantations will take place twice a week, on Tuesdays and Fridays.

The months of November, December, January and February are already planned, to which 28 schools will be added.More than 11,000 children will participate in the first phase of Plan Foresta in educational centers."The actions that are part of the Foresta Plan allow children to develop social conscience at the same time that care for the environment is instilled in them and a feeling of belonging to their school develops in them that will accompany them throughout their lives", Councilor Belén López has highlighted.The order of plantations in schools will be rigorously retaken according to the list established prior to confinement due to the Covid-19 crisis.

Schools that want to participate in the Plan Foresta can request it by writing an email to planforesta2030@ayto-murcia.es.To expand the information on the Foresta Plan, you can visit the website www.murcia.es/planforesta2030.The plantations will be carried out according to a technical assessment, in which the type and number of trees will be decided.

Leafy and native species such as Bananas, Mulberries, Hackberries, and others such as Paulonias or Kiris will be planted."The Foresta Plan in schools has numerous health benefits, such as reducing stress and improving oxygen quality.

In addition,the action of planting a tree makes the little ones active agents of this plan, that they have a feeling for improving the municipality of Murcia and all this leaving a good deed for future generations as a legacy ", José Guillén concluded.Promotion of social awareness and care of the environmentAmong the objectives that the Foresta Plan aims to fulfill is the promotion of social awareness among students and caring for the environment through meaningful learning so that children become active agents who work to improve neighborhoods and districts of Murcia.

.This initiative is related to the fulfillment of the Sustainable Development Goals that mark the Urban Agenda 2030.

Specifically, this plan contributes to fulfilling those related to quality education, gender equality, sustainable cities and communities, action by the climate and the life of terrestrial ecosystems.The plantations respect the protocol against CovidFor the plantation a Covid protocol will be followed, respecting all the security measures set by the educational center.

In this way, 6 children will be selected from each stage.The contingency plan will also be transferred to the tools used for the plantation and sanitary measures will be adopted such as the use of gloves and hydroalcoholic gel.Plantations carried out before the state of alarmOf the 11,000 children who have participated in the first phase of the Foresta Plan in educational centers, before the confinement 9 schools in the municipality participated and 3,039 children from educational centers have benefited:CEIP Painter Pedro Cano de El Palmar, CEIP Juan Carlos I de Llano de Brujas, CEIP Juan XXIII de El Ranero, CEIP Our Lady of La Arrixaca de Vistalegre, CEIP San Andrés, CEIP Doñana de la Albatalía Bridge, CEIP Francisco Salzillo de Los Ramos , CEIP Sagrado Corazón de Zeneta and CEIP Juan de la Cierva de Casillas.

Source: Ayuntamiento de Murcia