The Cabildo de Tenerife, the Endesa Foundation, and the University of Valladolid have formed a collaborative alliance encompassing institutional, corporate, and academic sectors, with the aim of safeguarding the unique biodiversity within Teide National Park. This initiative particularly focuses on the ancient cedars growing in areas that are challenging to access, situated within the broader protected regions of the Canary Islands—a true gem of the island, as described by island president Rosa Dávila.
Additionally, the research initiative aims to gather data using carbon-14 on new specimens that could potentially predate human existence, based on characteristics such as bark texture and trunk thickness. Some of these specimens may be even older than those recorded in 2022, like Bárbol (1,400 years) or the patriarch from 2019 (1,100 years). Rosa Dávila led the presentation of this partnership yesterday, alongside the Insular Counsellor of Natural Media, Blanca Pérez, the general director of the electric company in the Canary Islands, Pablo Casado, and José Miguel Olano, a professor, biologist, and researcher from the Educational Centre of Castilla y León.
