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Africa-Press – Mozambique. <\/strong><\/span>Jardim Tunduru \u2013 the Tunduru Gardens, the largest botanical gardens in Mozambique \u2013 opens a new chapter today, focussed on raising awareness among the young of the importance of conservation in the urban environment, in an integrated project supported by Spain.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe want to focus more on environmental education, since the older generations are more or less lost to us when it comes to nature conservation [\u2026] We prefer to start from the bottom \u2013 with the youngest,\u201d declared Jardim Tunduru manager Ana Michaque in an interview with Lusa.<\/p>\n

The new strategy is to develop partnerships with schools in the Mozambican capital, promoting guided tours and lectures for students in the garden, with the aim of raising children\u2019s awareness of the importance of conservation, especially in urban areas.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have a playground here in the garden, and an itinerary of visits and lectures which will focus on environmental education about the various species that exist here, in addition to a component covering waste recycling,\u201d Michaque added.<\/p>\n

The new plan to boost the \u201cgreen lung\u201d of the Mozambican capital is part of a project called \u201cComposting \u2013 Education and Environmental Action: Pilot Experience in Jardim Tunduru\u201d [Compostando \u2013 Educa\u00e7\u00e3o e A\u00e7\u00e3o Ambiental: Experi\u00eancia Piloto no Jardim Tunduru].<\/p>\n

The initiative, which consisted of rehabilitating garden infrastructure, was implemented by \u2018Ingenier\u00eda Sin Fronteras\u2019 (\u2018Engineers without Borders \u2018) with just over \u20ac70,000 funding from the Municipality of Barcelona.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe believe that all cities need a green area, and this is indeed the lung of the city of Maputo,\u201d Engineers without Borders representative in Mozambique Elena Erquiaga told Lusa.<\/p>\n

For the Spanish ambassador to Mozambique, Alberto Cerezo, Jardim Tunduru is today just like those other green spaces that \u201cdecorate\u201d world capitals, highlighting the importance of promoting the infrastructure as a reference in Maputo.<\/p>\n

\u201cAll the capitals of the world have a big park. New York has Central Park, Barcelona has Park Guel .. Maputo has the Tunduru Gardens,\u201d the Spanish diplomat explained.<\/p>\n

The Tunduru Garden was built in the 1880s in what was then Louren\u00e7o Marques, and is considered \u201cthe green lung\u201d of the Mozambican capital, because of its abundance and diversity of botanical species.<\/p>\n

Before independence in 1975, the place was known as Jardim Municipal Vasco da Gama, but was given its current name in homage to the Tunduru Education Centre in southern Tanzania, which hosted the main Frelimo (Front for the Liberation of Mozambique) school, the ruling party that proclaimed the country\u2019s independence.<\/p>\n

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