Restoring degraded farmland in Murcia, Spain
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.
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 conditions and led to a reduction in annual rainfall. This has increased erosion, leading to losses in soil fertility, and a decline in the ability of native vegetation to thrive.
Over the course of the next years, the team plan to work on restoring the health of the soils and the overall landscape. They will film their progress and the challenges they face, and these videos will be shared on the Greener.Land platform. The team aims to document the different interventions they will try out on the land, to see how the landscape responds.
The group first flew out to begin documenting this process in January 2023. They have returned a number of times since to get the project moving and begin their journey to restoring their landscape!
Stay tuned for videos from Regreening Murcia!
