La Vuelta and Land Life, an intelligent and precision reforestation company based in Burgos, have joined forces to highlight forest and ecosystem recovery through the ‘Puertos y Bosques’ campaign. As part of this collaboration, both organizations will plant 700 native trees around Picón Blanco, the finish venue of the 20th stage of the race. This planting is part of a reforestation project in agreement with the Department of Environment, Housing, and Territorial Planning of the Junta of Castilla y León and the Espinosa de los Monteros City Council.
La Vuelta and Land Life will plant 100 trees for each of the seven mountain passes in this stage, totaling 700 trees of native species such as birch, ash, pine, beech, maple, and rowan. The most mountainous stage of the edition, taking place this Saturday, September 7th, will come to conclusion at the Picón Blanco pass in Burgos, the highest peak of the stage and the final challenge before the time trial in Madrid.
This first “stage” of the ‘Puertos y Bosques’ campaign will be part of a 127-hectare plantation that Land Life began in 2019 in the Burgos municipality of Espinosa de los Monteros, specifically in the Public Utility Forest No. 388. In this project, the environmental restoration company has already planted more than 140,000 trees of twelve different native species.
Javier Guillén, General Director of La Vuelta, explains: “The collaboration with Land Life is part of La Vuelta's commitment to the environment. The natural environment is the stage where our sport takes place, and our responsibility is to take care of it. The planting of 700 trees in Picón Blanco is a way of giving back to nature everything it gives us, especially after the fires that have affected this special area.”
Francisco Purroy, Director of Land Life in Spain, highlights: “We are very pleased to collaborate with La Vuelta. Cycling is a sport closely linked to nature and the care of natural heritage. The area around Picón Blanco, an iconic mountain pass for cycling, has also suffered recurrent fires, leading to progressive degradation. Hence the need to restore its forest ecosystems in a precise, rigorous, and intelligent manner. We must also highlight the effort and support of the Junta of Castilla y León and the Espinosa de los Monteros City Council to carry out these types of projects.”
Land Life in Spain restores degraded lands by creating resilient forests capable of protecting ecosystems, promoting biodiversity, and helping to mitigate the effects of climate change. Through environmental restoration projects, Land Life creates natural habitats, protective environments against risks such as the spread of fires or progressive desertification. Land Life has planted more than 4.5 million native trees across Spain and Portugal.
ABOUT LAND LIFE
Land Life is an environmental restoration and precision reforestation company that creates native mixed forests with a focus on biodiversity and resilience to climate change, leveraging technology to plant trees on a large scale. Land Life's mission is to help restore the 2 billion hectares of degraded land in the world. For this purpose, technologies like artificial intelligence, data analysis, and drones are applied throughout the process. By planting trees where they are most needed, Land Life's projects restore ecosystems, enhance biodiversity, and generate social and economic benefits for local communities. The company offers businesses and organizations a sustainable and transparent way to undertake climate action initiatives through nature restoration. Currently, it has reforestation projects in 14 Spanish provinces carried out in collaboration with municipal owners, land managers, regional governments, institutions, and local communities.
More information: https://landlifecompany.com/
