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Start a new edition of Seminars and Workshops Majal Blanco.

Murcia City Council, through the Department of Education, which directs Pilar Megía, launches a year program of seminars and workshops in Majal Blanco nature, intended to promote among the citizens a more active involvement in conservation and municipal environmental protection.

All activities take place in the Hall of Majal Blanco Nature of hours Saturday from 10 to 17 h.

and Sundays from 10 to 14 h.

They are intended for all those interested in the topics proposed, requiring pre-register in advance by calling 968 212 518 (Ecopatrimonio).

The price of each activity is $ 10, except for those over 65 years and under 16 years of age, for that will be free.

The new season kicks off this weekend with a theoretical-practical workshop on the conservation of biodiversity, the different international strategies to achieve this goal, and the state of affairs in the Region of Murcia.

Later there will be two seminars on botany and geodiversity, focusing specifically on the uniqueness and heritage values that exist in the regional territory, and is complemented by environmental pathways guided a full day to places of botanical and geological interest.

Note that in the municipality of Murcia appears a third of the habitat types of Community interest identified in the Region and 14% of the types present in Spain.

These plant communities are spread over a total area of about 14,000 hectares (16% of the municipality), with a very variable percentage distribution.

According to the regional security level in the municipality of Murcia are 49 species of protected wild plants, five of which are cataloged in danger of extinction.

The municipality of Murcia is home to several areas of high botanical value (flora and vegetation) in which there is a large concentration of rare plants, endemic or threatened species within the regional context that has led to its designation as a botanical micro-reserves.

In total, the municipality is home to five of these areas, where species that are threatened or endangered.

Source: Ayuntamiento de Murcia