Lorca's mayor has asked the congressman Teodoro Garcia to defend in Congress that its proposal to include specific actions in the area of ​​Cieza both the general state budget and through the Heritage Fund should also apply to forest land of Almirez Nature and Biodiversity State.
The Mayor of Lorca, Francisco Jodar, has requested that the burned area of ​​the Sierra de Almirez be included in the hamlet Lorca Zarcilla Ramos in the Recovery Plan proposed by Representative Teodoro Garcia for the area of ​​Cieza or other design specific to the forest area burned in the municipality.
Jodar has already had the first contacts with the popular deputy in the Congress "because Lorca also must act quickly to assist the recovery of affected habitats and repair the hotbed of biodiversity that constitute this area, the green lung of the city and natural heritage is hallmark of the districts high ".
The objective of Lorca The mayor is that the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Environment design a special plan for all areas affected by the fires these days, as these areas are part of one of the most valuable natural structures of the country and Europe, which are listed as Special Areas of Conservation (SACs) and Special Protection Areas for birds (SPA) in the case of Lorca had pine, juniper, holm and fauna such as golden eagle, short-toed eagle and tortoise .
The mayor agrees with the national deputy of the Popular Party for its environmental, ecological and natural value, the recovery of the area affected by the fires should be a responsibility for all levels of government, with the provision of financial resources and deadlines and actions specific conditions that allow return that should never lose and that in the case of Lorca adds to earthquakes and floods in recent years that still require efforts for full recovery.
The mayor considered essential for the fire has not been more effective collaboration of local media (Municipal Emergency Service and local police), regional (de Murcia and Andalusia) and national extinction and its early detection through existence from his first term of Emergency Base area, where the Municipal Emergency Service works closely with forest brigades that have a helicopter available to work on prevention and first performance.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Lorca