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The Sierra Minera de La Union will have a forest of 1,000 trees and shrubs through the project initiated by the Southeastern Association of Naturalists (ANSE), with the local municipal and volunteer unionense the IES Sierra Mining and Maria Salcedo Cegarra , is populated by plantation saw weekly.
This initiative, funded by the Biodiversity Foundation, flagship species is the default or cypress Sabina Cartagena, a conifer typical of North Africa whose scientific name is "Tetraclinis articulata" and that two weeks ago began to populate the access Mining Park of La Union, in the vicinity of the Highway 33.
The aim of the project, being developed every Friday and will run for three weeks, is to initiate the recovery of forests and shrubs that should occupy the mountains before the commencement of mining, hence, according to Jorge Sánchez activist ANSE, the importance of this initiative will have a large magnitude.
"Plantations we are doing will have a very positive impact on the environment," said Sanchez, "as it tries to recover a very important vegetation in the region will also offset the erosion caused by mining materials that have lived in the mountains for many years. "
Such vegetation disappeared due to the high demand for fuel and ground movements developed over thousands of years in the Sierra, such is the case of the Sabina mora, which was relegated, in Europe, only the Sierras de Cartagena and La Union therefore represents a major environmental values of the region.
It is expected that more than a hundred students to collaborate in this task that will bring new species of vegetation typical of the Iberian Southeast coastal mountains, and have already helped several local authorities, as the mayor of La Union, Francisco Bernabé, and members of the Municipal Corporation.
Source: Ayuntamiento de La Unión
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