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The Ministry of Agriculture and Water today delivered 45 new licenses Environmental Compensation Association of Young Entrepreneurs of the Region for the project "My company has planted a forest for you ', involving the planting of 3,000 pine trees in an area Regional Park environment and Carrascoy Valley, degraded by water erosion.

Councilor Antonio Cerda said that with this project, "the 45 participating companies have voluntarily offset emissions of greenhouse gases generated by their daily activity, increasing the forest in a degraded area which may well hold water, generate biomass , oxygen and fertile soil, and absorb large amounts of CO2. "

Cerdá participated in the symbolic planting of 'Pinus Halepensis' made today by members of this association, noting that the planted species "are able to withstand adverse weather conditions."

He stressed that "each hectare of forest replanted in the region accounts for about 5 tonnes of CO2 a year."

So for every 1,000 trees planted, which occupy an area of 2 hectares with a density of 500 plants per hectare, there would be compensation between 5 and 10 tonnes of CO2 a year.

RSCO2 Initiative

The project of young entrepreneurs is part Murcia RSCO2 Initiative ('Social Responsibility climate change') that the Ministry of Agriculture and Water is spreading to different sectors are integrated in the field of sustainable development.

So far we have joined this initiative 102 public and private entities that have submitted 59 projects of environmental compensation and reduction of emissions in areas such as reforestation, introduction of cost saving measures and energy efficiency, sponsoring research projects and awareness campaigns and on climate change.

Besides the Young Entrepreneurs Association of Murcia, has been certified the Environmental Compensation Municipal Water and Sanitation Murcia (EMUASA), dismantling and crane Paris Regional Technical Stationery, Universidad Católica San Antonio (UCAM), municipalities of Abarán and Las Torres de Cotillas, Redyser Transportation, Engineering and the Association Quipons Dry Cleaners and Laundry in the region of Murcia.

Under this initiative, the Ministry of Agriculture and Water has awarded the certificate of emission reduction to companies that have reduced CO2 emissions by developing projects based on eco-efficiency and eco-innovation, among which are the Archena Spa The Regional Printing, Climate, Energy and Conservation and the town of Alhama de Murcia.

Www.ecorresponsabilidad.es/rsco2.htm page provides detailed information on the objectives of the initiative, all entities that have signed and the projects that have been carried out to certify their emissions.

Source: CARM