The Diplomat
Iberdrola has planted more than 2 million trees in seven countries in the last two years through the Tree Programme, an initiative with which it wishes to demonstrate its commitment to the conservation and regeneration of forest ecosystems.
In a statement, Iberdrola points out that the programme aims to plant 20 million trees by 2030, with an initial target of 2.5 million by 2022 and 8 million by 2025, which will capture approximately 6 million tonnes of carbon dioxide (CO2) in 30 years.
In Spain, the planting of more than 456,000 trees has been promoted in the last two years. Of particular note are the reforestations of 600 hectares around the hydroelectric plants of Cortes-La Muela (Valencia) and Villarino (Salamanca).
In addition, 17,000 trees have been planted at the Chinchilla training centre (Albacete) and various volunteer initiatives have been promoted which have enabled more than 6,800 trees to be planted.
Likewise, nearly 80,000 trees and plants are being planted in the surroundings of Iberdrola’s photovoltaic plants in Spain, where the pioneering plant has been the Teruel photovoltaic plant, where 9,000 seedlings of 9 different species have been introduced, including herbaceous perennials, shrubs and trees.
Other plants where this initiative has been developed are the Oriol photovoltaic plant (Cáceres), Campo Arañuelo III (Cáceres), Núñez de Balboa (Badajoz), FV Andévalo (Huelva), and the Romeral and Olmedilla photovoltaic plants (Cuenca). The objective in all the installations is to favour the populations of pollinating insects and other fauna groups.
