In the words of Antonio Penalva spokesman IU-Greens in the city of Cieza, "Woodland has a city that is a public property as a result of the dedication and care of both the current generation and the preceding, is a factor essential to the quality of life of their inhabitants and an essential contribution to the fight against climate change element, while playing an important role in ecological awareness by citizens. "
At IU-Greens Cieza, aware of the importance of this legacy and the obligation of public authorities to protect, preserve and increase it as much as possible for future generations, "there is concern that abandonment and neglect come sensing in this area, a problem that is general but is accentuated even in those cases where the care is not the direct responsibility of local authorities, as, for example, with the important olmeda of Maripinar where not applicable DED treatments with the risk of deterioration of some monumental trees of exceptional value. "
According to ciezanos ecosocialistas, "green spaces require specific care throughout the year, scheduled and arranged according to the needs of each park, garden or green area in each season: regular cleaning, planting, watering and maintenance , pruning, phytosanitary treatments, etc. ".
Therefore consider it appropriate, "for effective and efficient maintenance of our parks, gardens and green spaces, the development of a comprehensive maintenance plan where to register, for each of them, human and material resources necessary for its maintenance the improvements to be made, the frequency of cleaning, the type of species to plant, care required or appropriate irrigation and pruning ".
It has also made clear Antonio Penalva that "this is not to criticize the work of the employees of Parks and Gardens or dedication, as we know that is commendable, especially when you consider the lack of current staff to meet all work necessary to maintain in good condition the plants and trees that exist in our area. "
The problems identified relate rather "a poor work organization, shortage of staff in relation to the work to be performed or a budget shortfall in relation to the multiple needs of identified immediate effect."
Therefore, the motion to defend this council in the regular November plenary to 'strike a deal for the necessary measures tending to other authorities with responsibility for the maintenance of certain trees located in the municipality meet its obligations thereunder with special emphasis on the situation of the Maripinar elm, and to be drafted in the shortest time possible, a comprehensive plan for maintenance of parks, gardens and green areas of the municipality which are fixed with ecological criteria, guidelines and objectives for the coming years, as well as the recovery of municipal nursery, abandoned a few years ago, to provide trees and shrubs native to the municipal natural areas, and requested that the Autonomous Region in the same place running a school workshop for the training and education of professionals. "
Source: IU-verdes Cieza