The recovery of natural areas and conservation of forests in the municipality of Murcia remains a priority objective of the Governing Body of the City of Murcia.
For this reason, the Department of Urban Environment and Quality, who runs Adela Martinez-Cache, will carry out the recovery and conservation of two major municipal-owned farms, particularly the farm The Santiago and Los Ginovinos.
The work to be undertaken will last four months and will need to hire six operators.
The Governing Board of the City of Murcia has given the green light this morning to the explanatory memoranda for environmental improvement and afforestation on farms and The Los Ginovinos Santiagos to be submitted as draft to the State Fund for Employment and Local Sustainability 2010, for a total amount of 114,840 euros.
In the case of the farm's Ginovinos, has an area of 115.90 hectares and is located in the mountains of Altahona and included within the area of Special Protection Area (SPA), in "The Valley and Sierras Altaona and Escalona.
The property has an old plantation Aleppo pine (Pinus halepensis), being essential at this time to undertake maintenance and restocking.
A portion of the estate was planted with olive, carob and almond trees, but abandoning farming, only those survive positioned in points that allow water catchments.
In general, the farm has significant landscape and environmental values with a huge potential.
The actions to be carried out on the farm include pruning and thinning refaldeo the existing woodland, to improve their health status and fire prevention.
Also will repair the main road from the farm to facilitate the movement of fire fighting vehicles.
Site clearance will be conducted on specimens of olive and carob trees will be reforested with native plant abandoned terraces are carried out restoration work of ancient water springs driving towards.
The period of performance of the work is five months and will need to have three unemployed.
The farm Santiagos must say that is located in the mountains of the mamelons, with 119.025 hectares, and is included in the area of Special Protection Area (SPA), in "The Valley and Sierras de Altaona and Escalona.
The work will take a period of four months and will require the work of three operators.
Will pruning works, refaldeo and phytosanitary treatments of existing tree specimens.
Thus, we will repair the main road from the farm to facilitate the movement of fire fighting vehicles, there will be reforested with native plant of agricultural terraces and recovery efforts will be undertaken of the old aspects of water piping.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Murcia