To Prevent Moths From Destroying the World's Largest Spruce Forest

The Pyrenees are home to the largest area of wild espel in the world, and it is precisely in the Navarre Pyrenees, in Abaurregaina, that the Ezpelzaintza 2050 project was created in 2020. The Cydalima perspectalis moth has been causing great devastation in espels in recent years, and the project members are working to protect and maintain the species. “In 2019, we heard about the moth plague that was destroying espels in Navarre, but due to the …