The cultivation of trees, should a pastoral country like ours () The pampa is how our republic tabula rasa. It is the canvas on which it is to embroider a nation. There are trees to write about it! plant trees! – Domingo Faustino Sarmiento. The celebration of “Arbor Day” was an initiative of Dr. Estanislao Zeballos, taken by the National Council of Education in 1900, but its introduction is due to the persistence and ecological vocation the main driver of forestry: Domingo Faustino Sarmiento, President of Argentina from 1868 to 1874 the tree in Mendoza is a rich heritage and public woodland is a symbol of Mendoza’s identity. In a desert makes life possible. Not only humidifies the winds coming down from the foothills, lowering the temperature, but it is the true natural filter that protects life and also has an aesthetic and scenic value unsurpassed. One hectare of trees can supply oxygen requiring 6 people, consuming carbon dioxide emitted by the transport, industry and all human activities in which fossil fuels are consumed. The million metropolitan public woodland forest equivalent to 3000 hectares. Mendoza got his first systematic planting in Alameda. In 1815 General Jose de San Martin, the then Governor, ordered its extension to seven blocks. Thereafter forest planting went irregularly giving without programming. It was Dr. Emilio Coni, a prominent doctor hygienist, who after a cholera epidemic between 1886 and 1888 to detect health deficiencies Mendoza suggested building a large park to serve as a green belt. The General San Martin Park was designed by the French urbanist Carlos Thays. This solution was given to the problem as the park provided abundant oxygen through its corridors leading drafts. Trees to provide the rest of the city so that the air flow had its urban continuity plan that included comprehensive afforestation and around the city, which was completed in 1923 and provided 80% to Mendoza Woodland implemented existing public today. The species planted in Mendoza are mulberries, European ash trees, bananas, elm, paradise and a wide range of varieties where the broads stand (Alameda, Avenida Mitre) and preferably eucalyptus in squares. Today, given the increase in population and emissions of greenhouse gases is imperative that the forested area of the province is increased. More trees, more life Mendoza has undertaken an ambitious project to reforest the provincial territory that aims to restore the culture of the tree as a sign of identity of all Mendoza, on the premise More trees, more life. As announced by Governor Francisco Perez in his speech on May 1, from the Secretariat of Environment and Sustainable Development is to implement a million species in four years. In the first stage municipalities, intermediate bodies, governmental and non-governmental organizations, neighborhood associations, clubs and other associations were invited to join the project to improve the quality of life for all. The initiative will be accompanied by a strong awareness campaign and education on tree care, irrigation and seeking their custody. In the first instance the province has 100,000 trees of different species such as acacias, mesquite, ash, catalpas, maitenes, aguaribayes and havens, including in nurseries produced various provincial departments, and is running the production plan of forest remaining.
