The day had the special participation of the Director of Ideam, Yolanda Gonzalez Hernandez.

With the sowing of 18.000 trees in Maicao, Regional Autonomous Corporation of La Guajira, commemorative activities for World Tree Day began. The sowing will last throughout the month of October, in the 15 municipalities in the department.

As part of this initiative, In La Guajira more than 70.000 trees in urban and rural areasgg, indicated Samuel Lanao Robles, General Manager Corpoguajira, “15,000 of these plants will enrich the Montes de Oca Protective Forest Reserve, an ecological jewel of Maicao, For this reason, the importance of preserving this basin of the Carraipía River. “The remaining trees are being planted in the urban area of ​​the border municipality.”, added.

Likewise, stated that the events, carried out in the Flor del Cañaguate neighborhood and the Laguna Washington wetland contribute to promoting the environmental assessment of areas or assets for public use, to promote the protection of basins, the increase in green areas and the urban and rural ecological quality index of the Guajiro territory.

The day had the special participation of the Director of Ideam, Yolanda Gonzalez Hernandez, who explained that the National Government promotes this strategy which has as its global goal the planting of 180 million trees across the country, “With this activity we are preserving the biodiversity of La Guajira, represented in the large number of its ecosystems. We aim to take care of the air, “water and protect us from strong winds”.

Meanwhile, el Alcalde de Maicao, Mohamad Dasuki Hajj, He stated that the sowing will be useful to continue preparing and adapting to the effects of climate change, “What we are looking for is to implement preventive measures in the short term., medium and long term, that allow us to consolidate a greener and more sustainable municipality”.

It should be noted that these activities are carried out through coordinated work between the Corporation, entes territoriales, social managers, public force, environmental associations, community leaders and private sector companies like Hocol, Bogotá Energy Group, Celsius, Enel, Edpr business group, inter.

The programming was also extended to the municipalities of El Molino, La Jagua del Pilar, Urumi, Distraction and Uribia. Meanwhile, in Riohacha more than 2.500 trees will be planted on days 13 and 14 October; The events will take place in the Villa Iller neighborhood and in the Puerto Caracol indigenous community., respectively.

The trees that are being planted correspond to the yaguaro species, guayacán, fine heart, He pointed out that for ecological rehabilitation, native species such as caracolí will be planted, caracolí, medlar, Permalink to El Molino successfully develops a Citizen Environmental Education Project, cashew, inter.