Post fire recovery of Granadella
completed
Agenda 21
Update
Christine
Betterton
Jones
Work on the recovery of the
Granadella zone after the devastating
fire of September 2016 has concluded,
a project that has been funded by
a grant from the Diputación de
Alicante worth some 170,000 euros.
Actions have been carried not only
for the environmental and landscape
restoration of the area but also to
prevent a repeat of the destruction
caused by one of the worst blazes in
living memory.
The project has involved the
clearing of trees on municipal lands
as part of the forest fire prevention
initiative, the cutting and treatment
of burnt trees in the UmbrÃa de Les
Cansalades zone and the planting
of new species more resistant to fire
such as carob and wild olive. Terrace
walls have also been restored and
special retaining structures built from
the trunks of burned trees which had
to be removed to stop erosion in the
case of heavy rains. For full story see:
Javeamigos