Arbor Day celebration at the Mouriscados demonstration forest
Un grupo de arredor de medio cento de escolares do CEIP Antonio Blanco (Covelo, Pontevedra) colaboraron coa Comunidade de Montes Veciñais de Mouriscados (Mondariz) e coa Asociación Forestal de Galicia na plantación de 60 érbedos no monte demostrativo de Mouriscados. A xornada, coa que se trata de promover a educación ambiental do estudantado, serviu para celebrar o Día da Árbore.
The planting of 60 herbaceous plants in the private communal neighborhood forest has been planned in a strip that will act as a natural firebreak for fire prevention. In parallel, the herbaceous plants produce very appetizing fruits for birds and other fauna, so that space will also function as a small edible forest.
The celebration of Arbor Day in the Mouriscados demonstration forest was aimed at disseminating among students the environmental benefits generated by the forest and the forestry activity itself. By planting trees, they saw how to actively prevent fires and learned how private communal neighborhood forest owners and individual forest owners are concerned about increasing the biodiversity of their lands, which provide a series of ecosystem services to society as a whole.
On the Mouriscados demonstration forest
The Mouriscados demonstration forest, of 315 hectares, is located in the municipality of Mondariz (Pontevedra) and combines natural, cultural and historical heritage in an exceptional environment for hiking.
It has multiple areas of important environmental value: groves of native species (oaks, willows and chestnut trees, among others) in approximately 35.95 hectares. The Xabriña River, an emblematic watercourse in the region, runs through the forest, with areas of high quality riparian vegetation.
The Galicia Forestry Association is collaborating with the private communal neighborhood forest of Mouriscados, owner of the space, in the management of the forest and the restoration with conifers and deciduous trees of areas affected by a forest fire.
