Bosque Metropolitano Madrid, Spain

More than a million trees! This figure alone sums up the incredible ambition of the Bosque Metropolitano project to create a forest around the Spanish capital of Madrid. It involves creating 5,000 hectares of new green spaces linked to all those that already exist to form a 32,000-hectare green belt 75-km long. More than 1.3 million trees and 5.5 million shrubs will be planted, creating the potential to absorb 190,000 tonnes of CO2

Bosque Metropolitano will require an investment of €1.4 billion for the purchase of land, reforestation, roads, the creation of eco-corridors and the installation of equipment. By proposing the eco-restoration of impoverished areas of the city, enhancing the city’s land heritage and opening up a new public space, Bosque Metropolitano will offer Madrileños a new urban experience focused totally on nature and their own well-being

2040

Launched in June 2020, the ambitious Bosque Metropolitano project will run until 2040, according to projections produced by Madrid City Council Urban Development Services.

TECHNICAL SHEET

• Developer and architect: Madrid City Council Urban Development Services

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