Accelerate wooden extraction of forest area of Camagüey

Dozens of forest workers of several Cuban counties accelerate the wooden extraction of the solid boscos of the Plateau of San Felipe-the Joberos, to the northwest of this city, scenary of three fires in the year.

The catastrophes happened in March and in April that lasted on the whole 12 days, damaged more than 160 thousand cubic meters of trees of coniferous, eucalyptus and other species.

According to the last edition of the newspaper which circulates in the county of Camagüey, was recovered Ahead, already almost 38 thousand cubic meters.

Besides the local, the forest ones that intervene in the task come from Spíritus Sancti, Villa Clara, Granma, Holguín, The Tunas and Ciego de Ávila, and the wood send it to these territories for the rehabilitation of housings or to economic objectives.

The damage for the catastrophes comes closer to the 39 million pesos, mainly in resources lumbermen, without including the punishment to the floor and the wild fauna, in accordance with the valuation of the Provincial Group for the Evaluations of Environmental Impacts, organized by the Council of Defense in the territory.

At the same time that recovers the wood, one works in the regeneration of the affected areas and in the seed of postures already concluded in 100 hectares, so much of wooden species as of fruit-bearing.

The solid of San Felipe-the Joberos began to be fomented in 1962, and in the years 80 ' of last century ended up being some of the most important reservations of coniferous of Cuba, but the fires, the insufficient seed, cultural attention and maintenance degraded the area considerably.

Nelson Figueroa, boss of the Forest State Service in Camagüey, told the AIN that is necessary a program intense silvícole that requires from national support to the reforestation, with preparation of appropriate earth, it forces of work and technology to achieve forests of productive interest.

The Provincial Group for the Evaluations of Environmental Impacts considered that in that solid one forest there are conditions for the reappearance of fires in the dry station.