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WWF and presented in Lorca Post a new result of their collaboration: a forest of 6 hectares and 3,000 seedlings of oak, Kermes oak, Aleppo pines and olive trees that workers themselves of the postal company helped plant in a semiarid region of Murcia town.

Thanks to the 'Green Line' Post and the involvement of volunteers, in collaboration with the Region of Murcia and Lorca, the Mount of Madroños and Alhagüeces is more resistant against desertification.

18.02.2015 The Deputy Mayor of Lorca, Francisco Montiel, the Secretary General and the Council of Correos, José María Elias de Tejada, coordinator of WWF Forest Restoration, Diana Colomina, and the director of the Home Office Post in Lorca, José Martín Ruiz, reported that a collaboration of these entities Lorca town already has a 6 hectares forest and 3,000 seedlings of oak, Kermes oak, Aleppo pines and olive trees that workers themselves helped the postal company planting in a semiarid area of ​​Murcia town.

Montiel thanked WWF and Posts to choose Lorca "to help us continue our efforts to restore our native flora and achieve a more sustainable municipality."

More than 3,000 seedlings of native species reinforce six acres of woodland by Madroños and Alhagüeces in the town of Lorca (Murcia).

For WWF's priority to maintain semi-arid areas in good condition to halt desertification and mitigate the effects of climate change, which is now possible thanks to the involvement of Posts in the project through its 'Green Line' ecological packaging of the sale of the postal company allocates a portion to finance environmental initiatives.

For Lorca's involvement was twofold: in December 2012 a group of 70 postal workers helped plant oaks, Kermes oak, olive trees, thickets and esparto in an activity that stated in the press conference one of its protagonists The director of the Home Office in Lorca, José Martín Ruiz Artero, who participated in the plantation.

"For I was a great satisfaction that on a personal level is very rewarding to work together to make this very arid area in the future forest. Moreover, as postal worker is very comforting to think that your company cares about preserving the environment and make participant in it, "he said.

The coordinator of WWF Forest Restorations, Diana Colomina, notes that: "The participation of workers in Lorca Post to halt desertification is an exemplary action shows that the contribution to the welfare and quality of life depends on all of us, including companies. "

For its part, the Secretary General and the Council of Correos, José María Elias de Tejada, stressed that "the partnership with WWF allows Correos fulfill the commitment to our clients 'Green Line', which indicated that when buy an envelope or a box of this type of packaging are collaborating with the planting of forests and environmental conservation. We are also particularly pleased with this performance contribute to combating desertification and protecting natural heritage of Lorca ".

The Lorca semiarid forest ecosystems joins WWF and Postal recovered in the peninsula and has already reached an area of ​​70 hectares.

More than 25,000 seedlings also distributed in Lorca, in the juniper Alto Tajo, in the forests of oaks in Lugo and Pontevedra, in native oaks in Tembleque (Toledo), in a pasture in Valencia de Alcántara (Cáceres) and a riparian forest in Southeast Park (Madrid).

These are added to areas reforested in the other eight Post forests located in different locations on the Peninsula, Canary and Balearic Islands before 2010.

Source: Ayuntamiento de Lorca