On October 28th, the coordinator of the LIFE Wood for Future project participated as a keynote speaker at a round table organized by the Granada-based company Audi Nucesa to promote mobility with electric vehicles. In it, Professor Antolino Gallego exposed the need to act, invest and promote the expansion of poplar groves, sustainable public transport and the use of electric cars, as efficient measures to combat pollution in the metropolitan area of Granada. And all this under the umbrella of an education of citizens aimed at greater use of public mobility, walking or using the bicycle or scooter, and be aware of the impact of using the car.

To this end, according to the coordinator, it is necessary for local administrations to influence a tougher, more decisive and restrictive environmental legislation for car use and invest in sustainable mobility infrastructure (metro, bus, electric recharging points, etc.). In turn, companies should get involved with investment plans in new sustainable mobility products such as electric cars, promoting public transport among their employees and offsetting their ecological footprint by financing reforestation projects with poplar groves.

Poplar trees, which make up more than 90% of the trees in the Vega de Granada, are an essential tool for absorbing pollution. This role should be recognized by the administrations to directly support private owners, and in turn citizens should commit to greater use of local wood, thus promoting the poplar bioeconomy and its expansion.

Granada capital and its metropolitan area have a unique “forest”: the poplar groves, which must be conserved and expanded at all costs, Professor Gallego stressed in order to preserve their innumerable environmental benefits.

The event was attended by the Junta de Andalucía, the Granada City Council, the IFMIF DONES project, as well as representatives of the business sector through the Chamber of Commerce and the Association of Young Entrepreneurs of Granada.