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The heart of Guadarrama is home to the 12th SIGAUS Forest
The agreement signed between SIGAUS and the Guadarrama Town Council has allowed for 1,000 trees to be planted in the area of ‘La Vega’ in the Madrid municipality. The twelfth SIGAUS Forest will help to preserve the vegetation of the Sierra Madrileña and provide a new recreational area for local residents and visitors to the area.24. Parrafo pagina 12º bosque
The municipal plot known as ‘La Vega’, located between the La Serrana Residential Development, the Fray Luis de León Complex and C/ San Macario, has been selected by the Guadarrama Town Council for the planting of the 12th SIGAUS Forest.
This green space has an area of 3.72 hectares where 1,000 new trees of various native species have been planted: 300 stone pines (Pinus pinea), 100 elms (Ulmus resista), 100 field maples (Acer campestre), 100 holm oaks (Quercus ilex), 100 pyrenean oaks (Quercus pyrenaica), 100 rowan trees (Sorbus aucuparia), 100 cork oaks (Quercus suber) and 100 specimens of common walnut (Juglans regia).
Thanks to this SIGAUS reforestation, local residents and visitors to Guadarrama will have a new multifunctional urban forest where they can practice sports in the open air and enjoy recreational activities surrounded by nature.
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With the trees planted in Guadarrama, there are now 12 “SIGAUS Forests” and 12,000 trees which help to mitigate climate change thanks to their CO2 absorption capacity.
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Social media users ‘christen’ the trees of the 12th SIGAUS Forest
Through the contest ‘The Forest of Good Wishes’ carried out on SIGAUS social media channels, 1,000 users have had the opportunity to christen Guadarrama Forest trees with the name they of their choosing, with each tree being labelled with the selected name. The labels have been made from cork, a 100% natural material which is durable and environmentally friendly, thus boosting SIGAUS’s maximum commitment to sustainability.
Users can see the photo of their tree and consult its exact geographic location through the SIGAUS Forest website: www.hacesmasdeloquecrees.org.
Since launching its reforestation and environmental awareness programme ‘SIGAUS Forests’ in 2012, there are now 12 plantations and 12,000 trees planted by SIGAUS in various locations around Madrid and Toledo, including the one in Guadarrama. This initiative has helped to enrich the biodiversity of these areas, offsetting CO2 emissions into the atmosphere and contributing to environmental sustainability.
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