Santa Cruz de Tenerife 15 Mar. (Europa Press) –
The Cabildo de Tenerife has announced this Saturday that the restoration work on Fagundo mountain is currently in progress, situated between La Laguna and Tacoronte. This initiative aims to establish a natural classroom where environmental education projects focused on reforestation and the restoration of the entire area will be implemented.
The Insular Corporation, along with the Ministry of Industry and Tourism and the public enterprise ENAIRE (which provides air navigation and aeronautical information), have recently entered into an agreement to oversee these activities within the 32-hectare site that spans both the municipalities of La Laguna and Tacoronte, as indicated in a statement from the island institution.
Blanca Pérez, the Minister of Natural Environment for the Cabildo, stated that the goal is to create a substantial green public space of 32 hectares, underpinning a significant educational initiative with a nature classroom involving schoolchildren and various associations. “In doing so, we will establish a genuine refuge for biodiversity in a crucial area due to its strategic location,” she emphasised.
This agreement will facilitate the reforestation of the entire estate with native species following a forest fire that devastated more than 50% of its surface area in 2022.
Thus, through the nature classroom project, the objective is to create a sanctuary for biodiversity that will coincide with multiple educational and environmental activities, including the replanting of humid thermophilic forest species, particularly Fayal, via volunteer campaigns, school initiatives, and professional efforts.
Planting of Fayas for the ‘Hearts’
The president of the Cabildo de Tenerife, Rosa Dávila, the Minister of Natural Environment, Blanca Pérez, and the island director of Natural Media, Pedro Millán, visited the area to engage with the members and representatives of the Association Hearts of Tejina, as they planted fayas intended to form the structure of the hearts.
“This reforestation event aims to restore the area’s biodiversity following the recent fires, while simultaneously ensuring, in a sustainable manner, the supply of the branches necessary for creating the emblematic hearts of Tejina. Furthermore, it also serves to congratulate the Hearts Association, which is celebrating its twenty-fifth anniversary,” remarked the president.
Miguel López, the president of the Corazones de Tejina Association, highlighted that this initiative revives an old aspiration of having a dedicated area to supply the required faya branches for crafting hearts.
“The local residents who came to participate were each able to plant and sponsor their own saplings, which brings us great satisfaction, particularly during the celebration of the Association’s 25th anniversary—a significant milestone,” added López.
