The Diplomat
Iberdrola has promoted the planting of 3.4 million trees since 2020, when the ‘Trees with Biodiversity and Forest Ecosystems Program’ was created, with which they plan to achieve the conservation and planting of 20 million trees in 2030.
Furthermore, by the end of this year, the company predicts that there will be up to five million trees planted around the world and, as indicated in a statement, 932,000 specimens have already been planted in Spain alone in ecosystem conservation and restoration projects.
«The trees program has its main focus on the protection and promotion of biodiversity, where forests play a main role. But without leaving aside the social aspects and the fight against climate change that it can offer,” says the director of the Iberdrola Trees Program, Emilio Tejedor.
In the rest of Europe, more than 457,000 trees have been planted, among which the actions in the Támega hydroelectric complex (Portugal) with more than 377,000 trees and in Greece with almost 75,000 trees planted as part of onshore wind developments stand out.
In Brazil, in recent years, actions have been carried out in the Permanent Preservation Areas of conservation and regeneration in more than 8,975 hectares and monitoring and conservation in more than 18,400 hectares. In total, more than one million specimens have been planted, as the company points out.
More than 890,000 trees have been planted in the United Kingdom, mainly as part of the Kilgallioch Onshore Wind Farm (Scotland). As compensation, more than 1,600 trees were planted on the land occupied by the land cable of the East Anglia One Offshore Wind Farm.
And in Mexico, the planting figure is close to 70,000 specimens. In the Central American country, the maintenance of more than 25 hectares planted in 2019 in the La Venta III wind farm and the 38 hectares in the Escobedo combined cycle power plant (Northeast) continued, where more than 23,500 trees have been planted to date. in this last location.
Within the global volunteer program that is promoted in all countries, various reforestations have been carried out by volunteers, whose actions have allowed the planting of almost 30,000 trees in Spain, 25,000 in Brazil and more than 15,000 in Mexico.
Specifically, in the United Kingdom the ‘Trees For Life’ project continues, where this year 400 trees have been planted in the grove owned by ScottishPower, the Scottish subsidiary of Iberdrola.
According to the company, in Spain since 2008 it has collaborated with the Lurgaia Foundation in the recovery of the native forest of Bermeo and Muxica in the Urdaibai Biosphere Reserve, Bizkaia, with the planting of 10,000 trees of 22 different species.
In Madrid, volunteers are recovering the Casa de Campo after the damage suffered by Filomena and more than 4,000 trees have been planted and in Solosancho, Ávila, the reforestation of more than 1,300 trees has been carried out to recover land affected by the fire from Navalacruz.
