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A walk through the woods of Castilla y León

For the Library Ethnographic Museum of Castilla y León

The year 2011 has been declared Organization of United Nations International Year of Forests. Although it might seem good news, I think this is not true, because if everything is as it should go would not need to spend on an international year of forests.

FAO provides chilling details about global deforestation so that each year 13 million hectares of forests disappear, more or less a quarter of the Iberian Peninsula . illegal logging, overfishing, land conversion to agriculture and livestock, environmental pollution, fire, infrastructure construction and many other causes are to FAO causing this.

The consequences are more or less already known by all, to highlight some point out that deforestation causes up to 20% of CO2 emissions every year become extinct plants and animals and even indigenous peoples living forests original Latin America, Asia or Oceania.

We as ordinary citizens, something we can do to mitigate this disaster, and plant a tree with our own hands, working with organizations or associations that work with forests, applying the rule of "three Rs (reduce, reuse, recycle) or purchase furniture with the FSC label.

But beyond all this, know and enjoy our forests and teach youngsters to love is the best prevention for the future. So today, we recommend three options for enjoying the forests of Castilla and Leon. Obviously there are many more of these three that I recommend but hey, are not a good start ...

Let's start near here, a Forest Tejedelo . Arriving at the town sanabresa of Requejo and by a route well marked with the marks of PR (white and yellow signs) arrived in just 2 hours a forest with hundreds of yew trees, interspersed with holly, hazel, birch and willows. The yew tree is a particularly long-lived and some that are already Tejedelo can see examples of 1500 years. As lush, damp and mossy rocks and tree hugging sensation is that of being in a real Forest legend.

We now Soria and visited the Calatañazor Sabina. In just 40 kilometers away can enjoy the Wolf River Canyon of the Fuentona and Calatañazor Sabina, so the weekend is done ... The juniper was declared a Natural Reserve in 2000 and has a interpretive center nearby. The juniper or juniper is an evergreen tree and small-scale with a fruit similar in appearance to that of endrin. The peculiarity of this juniper is that their specimens are larger than others, because it has always been used as pasture for grazing and this has caused the earth is very clear of shrubs fertilized and competitors to serve these livestock feed. Strolling through the juniper and immerse yourself in your silence is a pleasure.

Centennial between beech yew Tosande

end this tour of the Mount Palentina approaching the Tejera of Tosande . From Pisuerga Cervera arrived at the bus stop Dehesa de Montejo, where you can leave your car. From there begins a trail that leads to a large field from which a path climbs uphill, with a very steep slope, which reached the Tejera. The main peculiarity of this forest is that the ancient yew are in a magnificent beech forest so dense that hardly any vegetation under the trees. Due to the action of livestock and fauna that eat the buds from which they could be future ancient yew, this weaving is in a delicate situation. Perhaps some simple measures such as temporary fencing and noted only one way to visit Tejera could help the regeneration of this impressive Tejera.

There are three proposals wooded, Castilla y León. I invite you to make your proposals forests worthwhile a visit ... because to know and enjoy our forests is the best way to protect them.