SANTA CRUZ DE TENERIFE, 1 Apr. (EUROPE PRESS) –
The Vice President of the Government of the Canary Islands and Minister of Finance, Budgets and European Affairs, Román Rodríguez, has shown his support for Canarian science “to respond to the challenges of modern society” citing research and the fight against some species as examples invaders, such as termites in Tenerife or the Californian snake in Gran Canaria, as well as the volcano on La Palma.
During a visit to the headquarters of the Institute of Natural Products and Agrobiology of the Higher Council for Scientific Research (IPNA-CSIC) in Tenerife, where he was received by its director Juan Ignacio Padrón and other members of his team such as Rocío Idiáquez, Inés Pérez , Manuel Nogales and Odalys Padrón, Rodríguez was able to see first-hand how this organization works and learned in detail about some of the projects it is currently developing.
“Here things are done -said the vice-president- to improve life in multiple issues, ranging from the simplest to the most complex.”
After touring the IPNA-CSIC facilities on the Anchieta Campus of the University of La Laguna (ULL), Rodríguez stopped, among other laboratories, in the area where the behavior and fight against some invasive species is studied, among those that include the termites that harmed Tacoronte and other Tenerife municipalities in recent years or the Californian snake found in Gran Canaria.
“Science is a main ally for the present and the future of the Canary Islands, where high-quality scientific research is carried out. For this reason, both citizens and institutions have to be by their side,” Rodríguez reiterated.
In the same way, the vice-president showed his unconditional support for the work carried out by the professionals and internship students of the IPNA-CSIC and assured that “we must always be on the side of science, research and knowledge because it is what It has allowed us to face the pandemic in an extraordinary way and also the conflict that the volcano in La Palma generated for us”.
