perform cleaning work of brush and grass in the Pinar del Saltillo to remove weeds that can become fuel for fires during the summer
The Minister of Environment of the Junta de Andalucía, Juan José Díaz Trillo, and our mayor Miguel Angel Dominguez, visited on Monday the work of forest fire is holding the device for the Prevention and Fire Fighting, Infoco Plan, the estate of Pinar del Saltillo, in Valverde del Camino. Preventive treatments are conducted in an area of \u200b\u200b46.40 hectares of recreational area and have an investment of 71,274 euros.
This work, which will be valued again, this recreation area for public use, consisting of manually clearing motodesbrozadora machining and trimming guide and enhancement of the oaks and arbutus trees that have been observed. Trillo Diaz has stressed that the Plan Infoco operates all year, in different degrees of activation, not only at the highest risk of fire, which runs from June 1 until October 15. As noted, during the months of medium and low risk of fire, Infoco staff continues its work in defense of the forest develop preventive work.
During the visit, the Minister stressed that the purpose of your department with these actions is to improve conservation of the natural environment and promote socio-economic activities, especially in the most forested province of Andalucia.
Meanwhile, Miguel Angel thanked the Board "efforts and the allocation of resources for preventive work in an area that is particularly dear to valverdeños, and for many who choose Huelva Valverde Los Pinos to spend a day in nature with their families. "
preventive tasks Infoco develops on the farm of Pinar del Saltillo, owned by the municipality of Valverde del Camino, fall within the activities carried out by the Ministry of Environment in the prevention of forest fires in public areas municipal property, which are promoted through the signing of agreements by which the management gave them to the Regional Government.
The holder of Middle Environment pointed out that the Ministry of Environment led an investment of 40.5 billion euros last year 2010 for the mountains Huelva pulse through a package of aid for biodiversity conservation, prevention and control of forest fires and building sustainable forest management. The grants, aimed at individuals, nonprofit organizations, municipalities and businesses, generating some 447,000 wages throughout the province.
33.9 MILLION IN THE PROVINCE
In the province of Huelva, the total volume of aid reached 33.9 million euros, which, added to that provided by the receivers, have mobilized a total investment Huelva in the wild nearly 40.5 million. Grants have materialized in 881 actions that have benefited about 358,000 hectares. In this sense, the head of the Environment has highlighted that the province of Huelva is the one that receives more funds from this type of aid.
other hand, pointed out that the Third Adjustment Forest Plan Andaluz an investment of 586.7 million euros for forest fire control until 2015, one of the seven major blocks that make up this plan. Among other projects in the field of fire management, emphasizes the provision of performing preventive treatments in 54,000 kilometers of areas firewall. BALANCE
INFOCA 2010 IN HUELVA
2010
Last Infoco device performed in 86 cases in the province of Huelva, most of them from the summer campaign, which begins on 1 June. The total area affected by the 74 near misses - less than one hectare - and the 12 fires was 97.90 hectares, representing a decrease of more than 70 percent over 2009 figures.
as underlined by the counselor, the good data from last year show that prevention efforts have paid off, as well as the professionalism of workers Infoco and increasing awareness of citizens what we can add the investment effort carried out each year the Ministry of Environment in fighting fires.
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