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The Department of Environment and Urban Quality joins the International Year of Biodiversity.
Therefore, it has published a brochure that includes a few tips that will allow Murcia contribute to the conservation of biodiversity in the municipality by small actions in their gardens or orchards.
The objective of this initiative is to increase the diversity and abundance of wild species in the urban environment, encouraging owners of orchards and gardens to make management based on environmental criteria.
Thus, the council has published a total of 5,000 leaflets to involve Murcia in the conservation of biodiversity in the municipality, with a few tips to make nature into the garden or garden.
This brochure will be distributed in neighborhood councils, mayors of districts, community centers and associations related to the subject.
A total of fifteen include simple actions that benefit biodiversity:
1.
Select native plants to encourage the wildlife, in addition to saving water and maintenance.
2.
Enhance the diversity of environments by planting trees, shrubs, vines, rock garden ...
to increase opportunities for biodiversity.
3.
Select fruit species to attract wildlife and make pruning to allow the development of large cups to facilitate nesting.
4.
Using climbing plants like ivy to cover walls that provide shelter for wildlife.
5.
Reduce mowing frequency to increase the richness and abundance of wildflowers, giving also a feeding and breeding habitat for butterflies and other insects.
6.
Create a small pond to provide a breeding site for amphibians.
7.
Keep the old walls of stone especially since they are ideal structures to take refuge invertebrates, amphibians, reptiles and small mammals.
8.
Keep the litter and dead wood as it serves as fertilizer and promotes the development of natural processes.
9.
Place feeders in winter when food is scarce.
10.
Installing nest boxes in the garden or orchard.
11.
Limiting pavement surfaces since the surfaces of land allow the settlement of vegetation and diverse wildlife.
In the garden of Murcia is only allowed to pave a maximum of between 10 and 20 percent, depending on the area of the farm area.
12.
Enable a space to harvest and recycle the remains of organic matter and create compost, allowing the presence of a wide range of agencies involved in the decomposition of organic matter.
13.
Eliminate potential hazards to wildlife: Place stickers silhouettes of raptors in the large windows and glass to prevent collisions, placing a bell on the cat so it does not capture the birds and avoid pruning between March and August, which may affect reproduction some birds.
14.
Minimize use of pesticides because they are highly toxic products that reduce biodiversity.
15.
Furniture should be wood from sustainably managed forests, which warrants that do not come from illegal logging.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Murcia
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