Studies show that repopulations, such as the one that is being carried out in the Tineo mountains can have positive effects on the diversity and dynamics of Plant biodiversitysince there is a great variety in the characteristics of the woody component of the repopulations, both in specific and structural diversity, as in the response to different environmental and silvicultural gradients.
The disease known as pine wilt disease (dry pine) is caused by the Bursaphelenchus xylophilus It is a family nematode Aphelenchoidiae, which are you originally from North Americawhere it does not cause apparent damage. In Southeast Asia has caused death to millions of trees, until reaching epidemic proportions. In Europe he was first detected in Portugal, in 1999.
Repopulating Tineo’s mountains
The Asturias government will invest 700,000 for Repopulate five mountains of the Tineo council affected by fires in 2023 and by brown band diseasepopularly known as pine plague. The Ministry of Rural and Agrarian Policy has already written the projects and plans to tender them and execute them between 2025 and 2026.
Specifically, se They will repopulate 45 hectares of the rodairos mountains with conifers in Tineo and 39.27 hectares of the Mount of Public Utility of Cabada, Llaguero, Siella and Cobertoria, with Pinus pinaster and 5 hectares with Pinus taeda y Japonic Cryptomeriaexperimentally.
It will also act on the mountain of Yerbo, where 37 hectares will be planted and a unbroken two hectares; On the Mount of Public Utility of the Sierra de Fonfaraoón, Mulleiroso and others in the area of Tremado, to repopulate 27 hectares, and in the Sierra de Fonfaraon, where improvements will be carried out worth 90,000 euros.
In addition, Rural Environment has in tender the Madero use of the Mount of Public Utility Rodoiros that was razed by a fire in the spring of 2023, with a budget of 37,183.20 euros. A period of six months to extract wood, mostly of the species of pine pine and radio.
The Asturian Executive has so far invested 149,604.85 euros in the repopulation of 58 hectares of the Armallán and Balbón mountains, and has Bidding the Maderero use of the Mount of Public Utility of Rodoiro, for an amount of 37,183.20 euros.
Also, on the Sierra de Armallán communal mountain they have been repopulated 11 hectares with Pinus Pinaster with the aim of promoting forest productionas stated in the Rural Development Plan of Asturias. This project, in which 22,094, 40 euros have been invested, has allowed to introduce a new conifer.
In addition, the Ministry of Rural and Agricultural Policy has repopulated the mountains of the Sierra de Balbón, which were cut between 2020 and 2021, with an investment of 127,510.45 euros. In total, I know 47 hectares were planted, mostly from Pinus Pinasteralthough an essay has also been carried out with new conifers in five hectares of the mountain.