Third and last reforestation day of the season in the Paraje de Los Arenales by the NGO WWF, in collaboration with the Department of the Environment of the Mijas Town Hall. "We are celebrating the third reforestation day within this project developed by the local WWF group in Malaga and the Mijas Town Hall, with the participation of more than 105 people, who are going to plant seedlings to recover the Sierra de Mijas", explained the head of the WWF Forestry Project in Malaga, José Carlos Clavijo, at the beginning of the activity.
"I would like to highlight the perseverance of organisations like WWF, because today they are here planting and they have been collaborating for many years to alleviate the effects of the dramatic fires we have been suffering. In other words, for a tree to grow, it is not enough just to plant it, it also has to be watered and they do a series of irrigations. In other words, they are attentive", said councillor Lourdes Burgos (PP), who took part in the event.
Volunteers, nature lovers
In addition to individual volunteers and some entire families, members of two groups also joined in: Fuengirola Scouts and Rotary Club. Diego Sánchez and Carmen Alonso are a couple who were encouraged to join this initiative for the first time: "We saw it on Instagram and as we like nature so much, we do a lot of hiking around here and we are very sad to see how the area was left after the fire, we wanted to collaborate to recover the mountain", they explained.
Because, as Carmen Alonso said, this type of nature recovery activity is an investment in the future. "Just as we once enjoyed this green area, surrounded by trees, with this we are trying to achieve a future in which everything is as beautiful as it was". In addition, with the participation of children, WWF also aims to raise awareness among children from an early age of the importance of caring for our natural environment.
In this sense, Burgos highlighted that "from the Town Hall we are very happy to see new generations, youth, children, as well as adults, here, collaborating to restore this area". WWF is committed to continue collaborating with the Mijas Town Hall in this type of initiative."I encourage all those interested to contact the Mijas Town Hall, the Environment Department, because we will continue to organise new activities. They say that you have to do several things in life to have a full and happy life, and one of them, without a doubt, is to plant a tree", added the councillor.
Autochthonous species
As for the type of planting chosen for the area, Clavijo explained: "on this day we plan to plant 310 indigenous species of trees and shrubs, such as holm oak, mastic, ladierno, juniper, juniper.... Our aim is to restore to the vegetation that was here, not only before the fire, but before all the human activity that has traditionally existed in the Sierra. Vegetation that generates a lot of natural fruit for the bird fauna, so that this area is also like a seed-dispersing forest for the whole area".
Finally, on the three WWF reforestation days this season, Clavijo explained, more than a thousand plants have been planted. It is about sowing the future for the good of all. This NGO is the largest independent international organisation dedicated to the defence of nature and the environment. Founded in 1961, today it works in more than 100 countries and has the support of nearly 5 million members worldwide.
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