Native tree nursery creates jobs for the disabled
Based in Alcala de Henares (Madrid), El Encin is one
of WWF-Spain's most successful forest projects,
combining research and production of native tree
species with the creation of jobs for disabled people.
As a joint initiative between WWF-Spain, Comunidad
Autonoma de Madrid and ONCE ( the organisation for
blind and disabled people), the project has created
six jobs for people with disabilities.
Since El Encin was founded in 1994, it has produced
more than three million native plants and, in 1997
alone, more than one hundred and twenty different
species of trees were distributed to restore a wide
variety of Spain's native woodlands.
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