Greening campaign launched in Moldova

Chisinau, 13 November /MOLDPRES/- Dozens of state, private, local and non-governmental institutions today launched a campaign to green the spaces, with the slogan Plant your future.

"These are localities from all over the country. There are hundreds of territorial-administrative units that today launched the largest afforestation campaign. We urge all those interested to participate in the creation of green spaces in the country, or they can find out when and where tree plantations are organized in their locality, accessing the website of the Ministry of Environment - www.mediu.gov.md, where there will be an online information center dedicated to this campaign ", according to the Ministry of Environment.

The action aims to strengthen efforts to mobilize the entire country. In the coming weeks, more than five million seedlings will be planted to support the natural regeneration of nearly 580 hectares and complete several thousand hectares of recent plantations.

According to the Moldsilva Agency, during this period, forest crops will be created in the forest fund and works will be carried out to help natural regeneration on an area of ​​347 hectares. Thirty tons of acorns will be planted in the soil, and the completion of forestry works, created in previous years, will cover an area of ​​3.4 thousand ha, using about 2.5 million seedlings.

The Territorial Inspectorates for Environmental Protection also communicated with the local public authorities of level I and II and identified the areas subject to afforestation, the name of the species and the number of trees and shrubs. The most requested species are fir, spruce, juniper, oak, birch, lime, walnut, maple, ash, acacia and willow.

According to the Ministry of Environment, currently the afforestation rate of the Republic of Moldova is just over 11% of the territory. However, studies show that forests must cover at least 25% of the country's territory, for a balanced environment, with better air and soil quality, a sufficient amount of water and healthy biodiversity. Ecological reconstruction and the expansion of the national forest fund are needed.

In the context of concerns about global warming and the latest commitments made internationally by our country, by 2030 it is necessary to restore forests and expand to an area of ​​at least one hundred thousand hectares. Conservation and planting of forest massifs is one of the priorities of the Ministry of Environment and is an objective of the government program.

The National Greening Day was set up by the presidential decree of February 1995, aimed to create new forests, forest strips to protect fields, parks, squares, alignments along public roads.

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