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Led by the professors of the Polytechnic University of Cartagena Encarna Conesa and Jesús Ochoa, the student has presented the TFG from his study corner in the room in the family home, connected via Teams with a court that listened to him from their homes and that, after the round of questions and the evaluation of the work, has rated the TFG with a note of 9.2 and has given it a warm applause online.

Francisco Cánovas Férez turned 23 on March 16, the same day that the state of alarm went into effect.

With the TFG reading date scheduled for March 27, the emergence of the COVID 19 virus in his plans forced him to adapt to the new scenario in record time, for example “going back to school at home, he had been doing it in the libraries for years of the UPCT �.

He has completed his Degree in Agri-Food Engineering and Biological Systems from ETSIA with the presentation of the TFG "Proposal for the improvement of the Parque de Los Exploradores de Santa Ana, in Cartagena", and he has achieved this by adapting himself to the telework, new technologies and the new spaces, "thanks to the laptop and a tower that I had and that has helped me a lot", rehearsing his presentation in the room, "sometimes, with great stress, the truth", combining attendance to virtual classes with the latest retouching to the TFG, in the family home that he shares with his parents and siblings, also in his twenties.

Since confinement, he has presented his study of the 25-hectare public park, which is in Santa Ana, thanks to a detailed inventory and an evaluation of its environmental contribution.

For the analysis of the trees "the i-Treespecies tool has proven to be a very effective tool", clarifies Encarna Conesa, director of the Work and specialist in Mediterranean Hortofloricultura in the ETSIA of the UPCT.

Francisco Cánovas has studied what the presence of Parque Los Exploradores means "in terms of carbon sequestration, allergenic potential, and removal of pollutants such as carbon monoxide, nitrogen dioxide, sulfur dioxide, ozone and PM10 particles" and also what that contributes to the landscape biodiversity, with the record "a total of 3,510 individuals including trees, palms and shrubs, belonging to 67 different species".

In addition, it proposes improvements to increase the global efficiency for the studied parameters, the biodiversity indexes and the environmental contribution of the park to the city �.

Source: UPCT