The local coordinator of Union Progreso y Democracia (UPyD) in Cartagena, Sergio Martinez, reported that water scarcity is weakening the forests, making them more prone to pests, and you're seeing in weakening of the pines slope of Roldán, as well as the Atalaya, which "are enabling them to be attacked by borers and threatens pine population in the municipality".
In this sense, the local spokesman, has asked the City Council know "if action is being taken by the Ministry" and otherwise, "demand that urgent actions are undertaken" to remove the specimens concerned and those who do not are affected but dead.
In addition, Sergio Martinez calls for "installation of baits and traps chemicals not keep playing and spreading the plague."
Similarly, Martinez, has urged government to work in coordination with Taibilla Channel and private landowners where there are large populations of pine, "that these necessary measures are implemented, and monitored perform the state in which they are, as long curb pests ".
Source: UPyD Cartagena