Reforestation Contributes to Preserve Mangroves in Holguin
- Written by Eileen Molina
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The planting of red mangrove plants in the coastal zone of Holguin province is one of the initiatives of the Ecoarte community project to preserve these areas and contribute to reduce the effects of climate change. This initiative is mainly carried out in the mining-metallurgical municipality of Moa, about 100 kilometers from the provincial capital, where theoretical events, posters and presentations on the importance of ecosystems preservation are also carried out.
Melaneo Maden, coordinator of Ecoarte, told the ACN news agency that the reforestation includes the transfer of mangrove seedlings to areas where adult mangrove plants predominate, which helps to guarantee the regeneration of these varieties.
As part of the environmental education actions, the Ecoarte project has also called for events such as the Mangrove Festival, which is held every year in the territory and has among its priorities to promote the protection of beaches and the collection of solid waste, among other initiatives.He stressed that mangrove forests protect the coast from erosion, loss of soils and the effects of meteorological phenomena, including hurricanes of great intensity, so that their conservation is a priority within the Life Task, plan of the Cuban state to reduce the effects of climate change on the Caribbean island.
Ecoarte was created in 1996 and is made up of more than 100 children and adolescents, who also participate in the recycling of plastic containers and nylon bags, visits to open pit mines and educational lectures and conferences with environmentalist approach. / ACN