The president of the Cabildo de Tenerife, Pedro Martín, has appealed this Thursday not to be “excessively radical” with the draft of the Master Plan for Use and Management (PRUG) of the Teid National Parkandwhich is currently in the public exhibition phase, and reach a “middle point” between environmental protection and economic activities.
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Since the plan became known, critical voices have emerged or, at least, voices that question some of the limitations and restrictions contained in itwhich has led the Ministry of Ecological Transition to extend the deadline for the presentation of arguments and proposals.
In an interview granted to Cope Canarias and collected by Europa Press, the insular president has commented that the National Park would be better if “no one entered”, but, discarding that scenario, he has indicated that the public exhibition phase is a “magnificent opportunity” to debate and present arguments.
In this sense, he has indicated that he wants to promote the practice of beekeeping, because “fantastic” honeys are produced in the area, and establish “monitored and controlled uses” for hiking or the Tenerie Blue Trail because each year is “complicated” obtain the necessary permits. Both activities would have, according to the draft, new limitations and prohibitions to their development on Teide.
In favor of filming on Teide
The same happens with the audiovisual filming in the park, which Martín advocates maintaining, since at many times of the year there are “full hotels” in Santa Cruz de Tenerife with members of the recording teams. “It’s not reasonable that movies can’t be made,” he added.
Thus, he has indicated that it is about “limiting where you can” record and then “go through the box” so that this collection is used for security, cleaning or repopulation tasks. “You have to put common sense and a head taxman,” she explained.
Martín believes that the model of the Timanfaya National Park (Lanzarote) cannot be applied to Mount Teide because someone cannot be charged for driving through the territory with their car and maintains, in line with the Canarian president, Ángel Víctor Torres, that it is necessary to “change” some elements of the PRUG.
The president of Tenerife understands that the management of the park must be “turned around” and that “all” the agents involved must participate in the debate, while at the same time he has put on the table the problem of “security” in the area , with many thefts in tourist vehicles.
For visits, for example, the Cabildo is committed to three small visitor centers in Chío, Vilaflor and El Portillo with information about the park, specialized guides and parking lots, and that shuttle buses depart from there with tourists.
Extension of the deadline for claims
The Ministry of Ecological Transition, Fight against Climate Change and Territorial Planning of the Government of the Canary Islands has extended the period for public exhibition of the draft of the Master Plan for the Use and Management of the Teide National Park until next July 22. The official publication of this modification will be made in the coming days through the Official Gazette of the Canary Islands.
The regional councilor responsible for the Department, José Antonio Valbuena, stressed this Wednesday the fact that it is still an initial document and that the objective is for this process to have as many contributions as possible to enrich the text and that all groups feel reflected in the final version that is submitted for approval.
The counselor pointed out that one of the reasons that has led to this modification of the deadline is that some contributions already collected require a more in-depth analysis before their inclusion, which is why, he said, “we want to listen to all the sectors involved and reach the greatest possible consensus, without neglecting the objective of conserving and preserving one of the most privileged natural spaces in the Canary Islands”.
