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Regreening Murcia

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Restoring degraded farmland

Iris van der Horst and Remko Schouten bought a large part of land together in Murcia, Spain with the intention to restore the health of the land and regreen the area, alongside their team of regreening experts. These experts are Cedrick Gijsbertsen and Lucas Borst.

Regreening Murcia

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Murcia, Spain

Murcia is an increasingly arid region in Southern Spain. Up to 90% of land in this area is at high risk of degradation of natural ecosystems and desertification. Climate change has exacerbated drought and reduced rainfall. This has increased erosion, leading to a decline in soil fertility and native vegetation.

Over the course of the next few years, the team will work on restoring the health of the landscape. They will film their progress and the challenges they face, and these videos will be shared on the Greener.Land platform. The team aim to document how the landscape responds to the various interventions they will explore.

Videos

The group began documenting this process in January 2023, when they had just begun the Tilling process. Since then, they have returned a number of times to continue their journey to restore this landscape! Stay tuned for more videos from Regreening Murcia.