The Life Forest Co2 project, coordinated by the Ministry of Water, Agriculture, Livestock, Fisheries and the Environment, has the main objective of promoting forest systems and the sustainable management of forests as a tool for mitigating climate change, through the application of Community regulations on accounting for greenhouse gas emissions and removals resulting from activities related to land use and forestry.In this way, the City Council takes a further step in the commitments made to advance towards a low-carbon society and which have also been reflected this week with the full accession to the Covenant of Mayors for Climate and Energy, whose plan of action is being developed precisely at this time.Through this agreement, the Ciezano City Council, with an important natural heritage of public forests, does not want to miss the opportunity to participate in this ambitious project, where forests are the main tool to reduce 40% of total emissions.
of greenhouse gases by 2030 and thus meet the objectives agreed in the Paris Agreement.Forest management, which provides benefits and improvements for society as a whole and not always valued, is valued through this project as an essential option for the contribution of improving the planet, in this case by acting as a sink for carbon retaining the emission of Co2 into the atmosphere.In addition, thanks to this type of sustainable projects, it will be possible to improve and conserve the forest stands of the municipality, while mitigating the effects of climate change.In this way, the Cieza City Council, as an organization included within the unregulated or diffuse sectors, "will commit to adopt measures to offset the carbon footprint generated in its daily activity, and what better day to communicate it than today, five June World Environment Day ", indicate municipal sources.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Cieza