“Largest urban forest in Romania” to be planted in Tulcea with EU recovery funds
<p>The “largest urban forest in Romania” will be planted in Tulcea under a EUR 5.83 million project financed through the EU-backed National Recovery and Resilience Facility (PNRR), the Ministry of Environment announced. Minister Mircea Fechet and mayor Ștefan Ilie signed the financing contract on Tuesday, September 10.</p>

<p>Through this project, the authorities aim to transform 61.2 hectares of land in 7 peri-urban areas of Tulcea into forests by planting approximately 2.5 million saplings.</p>

<p>“I am glad that more and more land, including some now degraded, is being converted into urban forests, which can absorb larger amounts of carbon dioxide and can have a significant contribution in terms of air quality and lowering the temperature by about 10 degrees compared to cities and towns,” environment minister Fechet said.</p>

<p>According to him, this new forest will be like a green belt of the city, right next to the inhabited space, as the lands are located at a maximum of 500m from the limit of the urban area.</p>

<p>The Environment Ministry has EUR 30 million available through the National Recovery and Resilience Facility for planting urban forests. The deadline for submitting projects is December 31, 2024.</p>

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<p><i>irina.marica@romania-insider.com</i></p>

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