Sabana Park To Breathe
New Air
With the construction of
high rise condominiums
around the Parque La
Sabana - one already
built, another under
construction and several
others in the planning
stage - the emphasis is
now to begin a process
of beautifying the park
by replacing old and
damage trees with new.
The Instituto Nacional
de Biodiversidad - INBio
- will be carrying out
an investigation which
trees need to be
exchanged because of
their age and/or damage,
with the objective of
breathing new air into
the park.
The new trees will give
the part more colour and
will bring new life to
the park attracting park
animals like squirrels
and birds to return.
According to Afio Piva,
executive director of
the INBio, the forest
creast at INBioparque
went front 24 species of
birds to 68 that now
call the park home.
INBio workers will begin
to catalogue all the
trees now in the park
and determine their
condition and then
submit their list to the
Ministerio de Ambiente
(Environment ministry)
for their replacement
authorization, so as to
begin planting by June.
The project has the
financial backing of
Scotiabank, which has
two towers across the
northwest corner of the
park, as part of their
social responsibility
program according to
Amanda Velásquez,
manager of marketing and
communications for the
bank.
Bank employees will also
be donating time to the
project. |
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