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Convensa is currently executing the construction works of the platform of the Murcia-Almeria Mediterranean High Speed Corridor corresponding to the Níjar-Río Andarax section. It is a 25.5 kilometer section that runs between the towns of Níjar and the city of Almería. Within the expropriations carried out for the development of the project, there were several cultivation plots on the banks of the Andarax River, mainly destined to the cultivation of olive trees (Olea Europaea). Most of them correspond to inten- sive plantations, about 270 indivi- duals, and the rest in extensive, until completing a number of approxima- tely 300, which were being exploited by their owners. The destination set in the project for these plantations was felling, clea- ring and removal to landfill. Convensa, as part of the FCC Group, has a strong commitment to sustainability, so it studied the pos- sibility of giving another destination to these trees and allowed the ow- ners to harvest the olives, avoiding any action of the project that would affect it. Convensa transplants 300 olive trees affected by the works of the Murcia-Almeria High-Speed Mediterranean Corridor Convensa donated several trees to the Colegio de Educación Infan- til y Primaria Mar Mediterráneo, a nursery school in Almería that has been awarded for three consecutive years for its sustainability-related activities. After pruning and root pruning, the olive trees were transferred to the school, where they were transplan- ted with the help of Convensa’s per- sonnel and machinery. This planting was developed as a didactic action for the students, who collaborated in the final part of the covering of the root ball, fertiliza- tion and irrigation. With the rest of the olive trees, a nursery has been created in an area where surplus soil from the construction site is sto- red for use in subsequent initiatives. Trees donated and transplanted by Convensa to the Mar Mediterráneo Nursery and Primary School (Almería). R E S P O N S I B I L I T Y 38 R E S P O N S I B I L I T Y