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Councilman Municipal Socialist Group, Enrique Ayuso has urged Wednesday the government team Ballesta to implement as soon as possible the protocol of collaboration between City Hall and regional government in the control of pests in mountain areas of regional ownership but populations that are near the municipality.

"There is some concern among residents of some areas near the mountain by the proliferation of pests that have appeared before the usual time and with a greater impact on the environment," said Ayuso, who added that "the Socialist Group wanted bring this issue to the plenary for coordination between administrations allow better and faster control and pest processionary treatment, or red palm weevil borer, among others. "

In the motion approved at the plenary on 25 February a proposal by the PSOE, formalizing agreements with entities Land Stewardship is also contemplated, in order to clean these mountain areas, remove branches and snags to prevent fires, reforest areas that need it and control, among other things, the health and the proliferation of pests.

"In addition, these agreements would contribute to job creation as crews will be required to be responsible for these actions regularly."

Enrique Ayuso has also pointed out that the agreement reached at the municipal plenary contemplates that measures spraying and prevention do not include in any case the use of unauthorized pesticides or products that have harmful effects on human health, "and, of course, treatments and control of pests of concern to the citizens of the municipality are respectful of wildlife and native flora, especially with the survival of the bee population, essential for pollination Valley and Murcia Huerta " .

"We are experiencing significant delays in the implementation of the initiatives agreed in plenary sessions and in this case, we believe it is necessary to get down to work as soon as possible to work in the care of our forests before the summer period, preventing fires and other problems early enough, "concluded the socialist mayor.

Source: PSOE Murcia