Iberdrola Group to develop Spain's largest public-private forestry project in La Vera through Carbon2Nature

• The "La Vera Carbon2Nature" project will manage 1,499 hectares of pastureland in Jaraíz de la Vera for 50 years, and will involve the planting of more than 700,000 trees and the capture of 186,000 tCO₂.
• The Iberdrola Group launched Carbon2Nature a year ago with the aim of capturing and fixing in nature more than 60 million tonnes of CO₂ through high-impact restoration, conservation and sustainable management projects.

The Iberdrola Group, of which Iberdrola España forms part, has presented in Jaraíz de la Vera (Cáceres) the company Carbon2Nature (C2N), which was created a year ago with the aim of reducing the global carbon footprint through actions based on nature, improving biodiversity and promoting a sustainable economy in which nature is an essential lever for the creation of sustainable value.

Since its launch, it has made progress in its mission to capture and fix in natural sinks more than 60 million tonnes of CO₂ thanks to the development of a global and diversified portfolio of conservation, management and restoration projects in various ecosystems. For its financing it uses, among other tools, carbon markets, and applies an approach that guarantees the highest standards of integrity, the maximisation of long-term positive impact and a commitment to innovation and collaboration.

In the case of Extremadura, the "Vera Carbon2Nature" project in the Dehesa Boyal de Jaraíz de la Vera in the Cáceres region of La Vera will be implemented. This is the largest public-private partnership forestry project in Spain in a public forest, and the first to be carried out in the long term (50 years).

The project will manage 1,499 hectares of pastureland and will involve the planting of more than 700,000 trees on 467 hectares affected by degradation processes, which will capture some 186,000 tCO2. The aim is to regenerate and conserve a highly valuable dehesa ecosystem, thanks to an innovative forestry transformation plan which, together with the planting of holm and cork oaks, includes the introduction of a transition species (Pinus Pinaster) and other species to enrich biodiversity (holm oak, hawthorn, cornicabra, ash, chestnut and Pyrenean oak...).

And all this, generating employment opportunities and maintaining the traditional uses of extensive livestock farming and other uses (hunting, recreational, cultural) of great value to the local population, thanks to a phased planting design.

Find out more about how Carbon2Nature promotes initiatives to reduce the carbon footprint in Spain and in several other countries.