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La Siesta Park hosts a large Pump Track of 4,000 m2 for skateboards and BMX bicycles, very popular among the youngest, with three well-differentiated areas: Advanced Pump Track, Medium Level and Children. All facilities are surrounded by 300 units of trees, two plateaus of climbing vegetation, including bougainvillea, more than 2,000 m2 of planting area fed by sprinklers and 2,500 m2 of green areas with plantations of more than 20,000 aromatic and shrub plants. For its care and maintenance, the City Council has made the park available. seven municipal workers from the green team and four janitors, who yesterday took office, assigned to the Sports area, who will be responsible for the management of the park

This plantation helps regenerate one of the most threatened environments in the Mediterranean

In addition, new interim officials have taken office to reinforce and also create new work areas within the City Council, especially in the Department of Social Welfare.

In recent days, the Torrevieja City Council has carried out the transplant of 24 trees of the Ceiba Speciosa species, which for 30 years have been located on the sidewalks surrounding the Park of Nations.

Additionally, this coming Saturday, February 3, there will be a planting for families with children so they can enjoy a picnic in the middle of nature within the natural park.

The mayor of Torrevieja, Eduardo Dolón, together with the Councilor for Tourism, Rosario Martínez and the co-founder of Oxytours, Fran Lucha, have presented the Guided Hiking and Environmental Education activities in our municipality, which includes guided routes in the Natural Park of the La Mata and Torrevieja Lagoons and the Molino del Agua Municipal Natural Park, together with educational and environmental information activities in Primary schools, as well as in the coves and beaches of Torrevieja.

The students actively participated in the environmental recovery of the space with the removal of 1 ton of invasive exotic species, specifically, Carpobrotus acinaciformis

The Councilor for the Environment of the Torrevieja City Council, Antonio Vidal, together with the Councilor for Education, Ricardo Recuero, the director-conservator of the Lagunas de La Mata-Torrevieja Natural Park, Francisco Martínez, and the deputy manager of AGAMED, Gemma Cruz , have presented this morning the planting and regeneration activities that will be carried out on the occasion of the celebration of Tree Day 2024. Some actions that will take place on January 31 and February 1, for schoolchildren from all centers Torrevieja schools.

In 2022, for the third consecutive year, the Kentish Plover returned to nest successfully on the beach of La Mata, achieving that a total of 3 pairs nested, with 8 being the total number of pups that emerged.