Environment to regenerate cork oaks at Pinar del Rey

SAN ROQUE (Agencies/Photo: Hansa Realty) The Junta's Department of the Environment has been carrying out tree felling at Pinar del Rey in order to cut back the forest density and thus regenerate the presence of cork oaks in this favourite spot. The trees chosen for felling are the weaker samples, leaving the stronger ones, which will also help what has beeen called la seca, a tree-borne disease that is seriously impacting cork oaks throughout the area, in particular in Los Alcornocales Nature Park. At the same time, invasive species such as the eucalyptus is being cut down and burned, while native species such as quejigo (gall oak) and acebuches (wild olive) are being planted.