Monday, 26 July 2010 11:49

Continuing activities to commemorate the Bicentennial of Independence, The District Department of Environment, the Botanical Garden and the Chamber of Commerce of Bogota, will launch the campaign "Plant your footprint," which seeks to comply with a decree of the Liberator Simon Bolívar. This campaign will be launched on July 28 in the Plaza de Bolívar and seeks the participation of all Bogotá, can comply with the "Decree of Chuquisaca" the Liberator, Simon Bolivar, signed on December 19, 1825, in the ordering: "Article 2: To be undertaken by a plantation ...

... To number one million trees, preferring the places where there is more need for them. "



For his part Tito Gerardo Calvo, deputy director of Forestry, Wildlife of the District Department of Environment, stressed that it is not known how many phases will this campaign.


"With the initiative of plant you want to make it viable footprint in this article indicates that they should plant one million trees in the Colombian capital. That's why we started looking at how we can develop this idea of our freedom, so that we can build a green carpet in Bogotá, "the official said.


This proposal seeks to develop an environment that promotes citizen mobilization controlled planting of trees and their care through various activities including community involvement and business education.