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The Talban garbancillo, the Escombreras manzanilla and the Cartagena crab, three popular endangered plants, together with the sabina mora (cypress of Cartagena), emblematic tree of the mountains of Cartagena, will be the protagonists of the exhibition with the that the city of Cartagena wants to support the message on World Environment Day, which is celebrated on June 5.
The Councilor for the Environment of the City of Cartagena, Obdulia Gómez, explained the reasons why the United Nations designated June 5 as World Environment Day.
"The organization was aware that the conservation, protection and improvement of the environment was a fundamental issue that affects the welfare of the people and global economic development."
For this reason, the councilor said that the Department of Environment wants to support the message of this day with the organization of an exhibition dedicated to the Flora of Cartagena, and that will focus on conservation efforts and research on the plant heritage and its repercussions on society.
Specifically, the protagonists of the exhibition are four species of flora of great value for biodiversity at a local and global scale: Talban garbancillo, Escombreras chamomile and Cartagena crab, three popular plants in danger of extinction, along with the sabina mora (cypress of Cartagena), emblematic tree of the sierras of Cartagena.
What is going to be exposed is part of the informative materials generated in the different conservation projects, in which different entities and institutions like NGOs have participated, such as ANSE and Fundación Sierra Minera;
Universities such as the University of Murcia and the Polytechnic University of Cartagena) and various administrations, including the City Council.
The exhibition will be located at Palacio Molina where volunteers from the Sierra Minera Foundation will serve as teaching guides.
THE FOUR SPECIES OF THE EXHIBITION
The chamomile of Escombreras is a small plant with yellow flowers that constitutes an Ibero-African endemism, since it grows in La Azohía and in the Island of Escombreras, but also in North Africa.
Its biggest problem is that the surface of the natural population in Spain barely exceeds 2 hectares.
The jara de Cartagena is a small shrub that grows in clear areas of pine forests and grasslands and whose natural population was reduced until only three copies remain in the area of ​​the Sierra Minera.
The Talban garbancillo is an endemic species of Campo de Cartagena, leguminous plant among which stands out its curious distribution associated only with the volcanoes of the area and an enormous involvement of the local population.
The framework of the LIFE Project, coordinated by the UPCT, developed a conservation project for this species, which provided a high degree of knowledge of the biology of the plant.
The Cypress of Cartagena is an Ibero-African species is distributed mainly by Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Malta and reaches the coast of Cartagena as the only European city.
It presents its best populations in the Peña del Águila and el Sabinar.
On the habitat of this species is developing a conservation project co-financed by the LIFE program of the EU coordinated by the DG of Natural Environment, in which the UMU, ANSE, Sierra Minera Foundation and the City of Cartagena participate.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Cartagena
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