The Palmetum of Santa Cruz de Tenerife has renewed and expanded, with the support of Fundación Cepsa, its dissemination materials in relation to the avifauna of the botanical garden of the capital, which take the form of various information panels and brochures that include both birds and pollinators, butterflies , insectivores and bats, and whose presence is a bioindicator that reflects the good ecological status of the place.
This is one of the proposals for environmental awareness of the palm grove, whose objective is to inform and raise awareness among the local population and tourists about the need to preserve natural values. These informative materials reflect, among other aspects, the results of the monitoring carried out by Seo Bird Life both of the birds that nest regularly, and of those migratory birds that choose the Palmetum as a temporary refuge.
He mayor of Santa Cruz de Tenerife, José Manuel Bermúdez, affirms that “the Palmetum is an example of the recovery of a degraded space, which over time and thanks to the technicians who devised it and those in charge of its conservation, has become a tourist attraction in the city. Thanks to the work of its managers and entities such as the Cepsa Foundation, we are incorporating new values that make your visit more attractive”. “In 2022, the Palmetum increased the number of visitors by 20 percent from 2019, the year before the pandemic, exceeding 72,000 people,” he says.
For the person in charge of Fundación Cepsa in Canary Islands, Belén Machado, “within the fauna that the Palmetum houses, the presence of birds that, naturally and spontaneously, have been colonizing the mountain stands out.” “Seo Bird Life and the Palmetum have been collaborating closely in its care and development for some time, to which we have recently joined from Fundación Cepsa, in our commitment to the conservation of biodiversity,” she added.
Two panels dedicated exclusively to the birds that can be found in the garden (both nesting and migratory) have been updated and a new one dedicated to seabirds has been added, which also includes information about the cetaceans that can be observed from the viewpoints of the garden facing the sea. All of them under the title Birds of the Palmetum, discover and protect them, with informative content about the species, the most important observation points in the park, as well as illustrations of these birds by way of example.
Along with these panels, the triptych dedicated to the birds of the Palmetum has been updated, which is given to visitors to the garden and which includes, in addition to information on birds, a section called How you can help in their conservation, in which disseminate good practices to protect this precious fauna.
