The Bill of Expansion of the Malpaís de la Rasca Special Nature Reserveapproved in the Parliament of the Canary Islands on February 15, will protect existing agricultural uses and others that take place in the area.
The Minister of Ecological Transition, of the Government of the Canary Islands, Jose Antonio Valbuenahighlights that with this legislation will achieve greater protection of the activities that take place in this natural resource since it avoids, in the event that this land is reviewed in the future, its reclassification as urbanizable, which will allow agricultural activities to continue to be maintained.
Valbuena stresses that In this protection, the natural elements are linked with an agricultural activity that allows the strengthening and recovery of the natural values of our land.. In addition, with the Law Proposal that expands the Malpaís de la Rasca, legal certainty is provided to the already existing activities.
José Antonio Valbuena advanced that in the future it will be necessary to carry out a Master Plan for Use and Management (PRUG) like those existing in the rural parks of Teno and Anaga, areas where agricultural and residential activities coexist with the natural elements of the space.
the new limits
The Law Proposal undertakes the extension of protection from the southern limit of the El Pal-Mar Urbanization, extended to the west as far as the coast and following it in a southerly direction to the current limit of the Reserve in Caletón de los Goros. In turn, to the east, the limit is extended to the TF-66 road, and following it in a southeasterly direction until an agricultural track that, in a southwesterly direction, connects with the current limit of the Reserve.
The Malpaís de la Rasca Special Nature Reserve has a surface area of 557.12 hectares (5,571,200 square meters) by adding 244.42 hectares. Currently, the closest population centers are the Palm-Mar urbanization, to the Northwest, and the Fraile neighborhood, to the East and somewhat further away. The marine zone adjoining the terrestrial space forms part of the Sebadales Special Marine Protection Zones in the south of Tenerife and Teno-Rasca Marina Strip, both included in the Natura 2000 Network.
The main value of the Malpaís de la Rasca is the geomorphological structure of the entire malpaís and the adjacent cones, as well as the existence of a coastal and inland cardonal-tabaibal habitat with numerous endemic elements.
