Puertito de Adeje – Cuna del Alma: The precautionary stoppage of the works of the Puertito de Adeje tourism macro-project reaches the European Commission



Manuel Pineda, an MEP from the United Left, has asked the European Commission the precautionary stoppage of the works of the Cuna del Alma tourism macroprojectwhich aims to urbanize with hotels and 420 luxury villas (among other infrastructures) more than 400,000 square meters in the Puertito de Adeje ravine and beach.

Pineda indicates in his writing that the Canary Islands, “and in particular Tenerife”, is one of the Spanish territories with the highest population density and annually receives more than 14 million tourists, with which “it is easy to imagine the direct consequences of both factors in sustainability and environmental preservation.

Despite this, it abounds, the Canary Islands is one of the EU regions with the highest rate of unemployment and poverty.

To all this is added, according to Pineda in his parliamentary initiative, the fact that in Tenerife “there are few unexploited coastal areas”, and the “macro-urban project” of Cuna del Alma has generated significant “popular rejection”.

In addition to “the disappearance of a space with high environmental value, with a unique flora and fauna”, this project, indicates the IU MEP, would affect the historical and ethnographic heritage of the area and poses “a direct threat” to the area of special conservation Teno-Rasca and the site of scientific interest of La Caleta.

“Are you aware of the project and have you assessed a possible infringement of community regulations, among others, the Aarhus Convention and Directives 92/43/CEE and 2011/92/EU?”, he asks.

“Given the irreversibility” that going ahead with the works would entail and taking into account the environmental precautionary principle of article 191 of the EU Operation Treatment, “does the Commission value asking the authorities for a precautionary stoppage of the project?”, he concludes the question.

Until now, Cuna del Alma has two negative reports (from 2014 and 2017) and one sanction proposal by the General Directorate of Heritage of the Government of the Canary Islands, which confirmed, after a report from the Island Council, that it had been destroyed irreversibly and without taking any protective measures an important archaeological site. The company has confirmed to this newspaper that it has appealed this sanction proposal.

In addition, in the environmental impact reports presented, up to seven protected plant species that are found in the area that is already being urbanized do not appear.





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