The president of the Cabildo de Tenerife, Pedro Martín, appealed yesterday not to be “excessively radical” with the Governing Plan for Use and Management -right now in the public exhibition phase by the Government of the Canary Islands- and to reach a “midpoint” between environmental protection and economic activities to conserve Teide.
In an interview given to Canary Island and collected by Europa Press, commented that the national park would be better off if “nobody entered”, but ruled out that scenario. In addition, he pointed out that the public exhibition phase is a “magnificent opportunity” to debate and present allegations.
In this sense, the Isorano politician indicated that they want to promote the practice of beekeeping, because “fantastic” honey is produced in the area, and establish “supervised and controlled uses” for hiking or the Tenerife Blue Trail, given that each year it is “complicated” to obtain the necessary permits.
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, the insular president pointed out 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 tax,” he 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. Likewise, he maintains, in line with the Canarian president, Ángel Víctor Torres, that some elements of the PRUG must be “changed”.
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.
Regarding the macro-tourism project that is going to be built in the area of El Puertito de Adeje, he stated that the Cabildo is reviewing all the documentation and provisionally suspended the works because the archaeological study that the promoters only presented to the City Council and the Government of the Canary Islands was missing. , but not to the insular corporation. In addition, he explained that two complaints were filed “saying that an archaeological zone had not been respected”, and the Heritage team is studying the documentation and “soon” will issue a report on whether or not the proposal meets the legal requirements. .
