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The Ministry of Water, Agriculture and Environment and the City of Jumilla have signed an agreement this morning by the minister, Adela Martinez-Cacho, and the mayor, Juana Guardiola, for the implementation of actions to improve forests in mountains public utility and conditioning of the hostel El Carche, funded from the Improvement Fund for an amount of 167,896 euros.

The framework has been chosen the surroundings of the Monastery of Santa Ana and the agreement includes improvements in an area of ​​56 hectares distributed between the Sierra de Santa Anta and the Bushes Sierra mountains.

silvicultural treatments, such as pruning, thinning and other aimed at preventing forest fires will employ 16 laborers and a forest engineer for the two remaining months of the year work will be done.

It also contributes to the conservation and enhancement of forest ecosystems, maintaining its biological potential, productive capacity and biodiversity, while regeneration of degraded mass is favored.

On the other hand, the hostel Regional Park El Carche is in a poor state of conservation due to the permanent use of their facilities by hikers and mountaineers, so precise repair of some elements (floor, walls and windows) and improving other (bathrooms, furniture, lighting), in order to ensure functionality and conservation.

The Forest Act provides that local entities holding classified mountains apply to fund improvements, whose destination is the conservation and improvement of the mountains included in the catalog of public utility, an amount to be determined by the communities and will not be less than 15 percent of the value of their forest harvesting or income derived by occupations or other activities on the mountain.

The mayor, Juan Guardiola, said that "we should work to try these agreements are signed shortly before the goal that people who go to work can do so for more than months."

The Minister, Adela Martinez-Cacho, has stated that "the regional government spends annually about 300,000 euros from the special fund for the improvement and conservation of mountains of public utility, with the aim of enhancing its biological potential and provide a sustainable environment they can enjoy all Murcia. "

Source: Ayuntamiento de Jumilla