Iberdrola is committed to the conservation and restoration of forest ecosystems and therefore created the Trees with Biodiversity and Forest Ecosystems Program in 2020 with the aim of promoting the conservation and planting of 20 million trees in 2030. Since its launch has promoted the planting of 3.4 million trees and by the end of the year the number will reach five.
“The trees program has its main focus on the protection and promotion of biodiversity, where forests play a main role. But without leaving aside the social aspects and the fight against climate change that it can offer. In Spain alone it has promoted the planting of more than 932,000 trees in ecosystem conservation and restoration projects on more than 900 hectares,” says Emilio Tejedor, director of the Iberdrola Trees Program.
In the rest of Europe, more than 457,000 trees have been planted. Among which the actions in the Támega hydroelectric complex (Portugal) with more than 377,000 trees and in Greece with almost 75,000 trees planted as part of the onshore wind developments stand out. In Brazil, in recent years, actions have been carried out in the Permanent Preservation Areas of conservation and regeneration in more than 8,975 hectares and monitoring and conservation in more than 18,400 hectares. In total, more than one million specimens have been planted.
Among last year’s actions, it is worth highlighting the continuation of the creation of the Biodiversity Corridor between the forested areas of the Iguaçu National Park – PNI with the Areas of Direct Influence (AID) of the Baixo Iguaçu UHE, in the surroundings of the reservoir. To date, conservation work has been carried out on 1,135 hectares and more than 110,000 trees have been planted. The corridor will consist of more than 3,000 hectares.
In addition, work has been expanded on the development of the Corumbá and Telespires Permanent Protection Areas, where in 2023 the planting of more than 50,000 trees will be promoted. 54,800 trees were also planted on 56.6 hectares at the Luzia Solar Complex.
The network businesses of Neoenergia, the company’s Brazilian subsidiary, carried out forest restoration actions in 2023 in which approximately 7,200 trees of native species were planted in São Paulo and Pernambuco, respectively.
More than 890,000 trees have been planted in the United Kingdom, mainly as part of the Kilgallioch Onshore Wind Farm (Scotland). As compensation, more than 1,600 trees were planted on the land occupied by the land cable of the East Anglia One Offshore Wind Farm.
In Mexico the number of plantations is close to 70,000 specimens. In the Central American country, the maintenance of more than 25 hectares planted in 2019 in the La Venta III wind farm and the 38 hectares in the Escobedo combined cycle power plant (Northeast) continued, where more than 23,500 trees have been planted to date. in this last location.
