SANTA CRUZ DE TENERIFE, 30 Jan. (EUROPA PRESS) –
The Ministry of Ecological Transition, Fight against Climate Change and Territorial Planning of the Government of the Canary Islands, through the Autonomous Commission for Environmental Assessment, has recently approved the Strategic Environmental Declaration of the Hydrological Plan (third cycle) and the Risk Management Plan Flood (second cycle) of the Demarcation of Tenerife. This step supposes the provisional approval of the aforementioned documents for their final validation by the Governing Council.
These plans are the planning instruments for the management of water policy and hydrological planning derived from the corresponding directives of the European Parliament and of the Council, which establishes a community framework for action in the field of water policy ( Water Framework Directive) and flood risks are evaluated and managed, respectively.
The councilor responsible for the Area, José Antonio Valbuena, wanted to recall that this is the third plan approved in this cycle by the Environmental Commission, having already processed those for La Gomera and El Hierro. “One of the great milestones in this legislature has been the approval of all the first-cycle Flood Risk Management Plans for the Canary Islands, since with this procedure we shelved a procedure for which the Canary Islands were convicted of breaching the Directive European Union 2007/60, which required these documents to be prepared and approved by December 2015,” Valbuena stressed.
During this procedure, the pertinent consultations have been made to the administrations involved such as the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food; all the ministries of the Government of the Canary Islands; the Council of Tenerife; the Canarian Federation of Municipalities; and the 31 municipalities of the island; among other institutions. It has also had the contributions of environmental associations, organizations, companies and organizations in the sector.
