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Disappear every year fourteen million hectares of forest worldwide. That surface is about all the mass is in a wooded country like Spain. The International Biodiversity Day, the Foundation Félix Rodríguez de la Fuente (FFRF) has requested that the old trees are considered “fragile pockets of biodiversity” and its protection becomes effective.

The disappearance of forests involves much more than the loss of trees. It means that the species that live in that habitat will be hard to survive. The ancient trees, not just forests but also in rural areas and cities are home to a wide variety of plants and animals that use them as shelter or food. While in Spain, the forest area has increased over 80% of these older specimens have disappeared in the last century due to fire, logging, disease and construction and development projects.

A forest is much more than a set of trees. A forest serves as home to many species of birds that need mature forest to survive. These well-preserved forest area with old trees are so essential to ensure proper conservation of biodiversity.

The FFRF, the hand of the Observatory of unique trees, is developing the campaign “SOS unique trees: once urgent action to save our unique trees in 2011,” with actions to raise awareness among local, regional, and regional, as well as major political parties. All citizens can support the campaign through social networks, is presented with the slogan “Want to help save trees unique to your town in less than four minutes?”.

The FFRF has sent all eight thousand Spanish municipalities, federations of municipalities, governments of different level and leaders of major political parties represented in parliament a Manual of Best Practices on how to care for these specimens. It has also been sent a document with eleven specific proposals for action to prevent these trees disappear.

Also encourages a cyber action: to send a letter to the mayor of the city where you live. The form letter can be found on the website of the FFRF.