SANTA CRUZ DE TENERIFE, Jan. 16 (EUROPA PRESS) –
The Cabildo de Tenerife will invest 757,180 euros in a conservation and improvement service for the Canarian cedar (Juniperus cedrus) forests in the Teide National Park. This investment will be made on a multi-year basis, ending in the year 2026.
The president of the Cabildo, Pedro Martín, highlighted the research work being carried out in the Teide National Park, “where intense work is being done on all aspects of preserving native species, as well as controlling those that are not.”
Pedro Martín wanted to recall that in the case of Canarian cedars “an important scientific effort is being made in which researchers from various universities are involved and their studies and advances include the dating of specimens that are over 1,400 years old”
The president also remarked that the Teide National Park is an important laboratory for studying biodiversity: “Each plant, each living being found within its limits is a scientific sample that allows us to discover extremely important aspects of species and their evolution, For this reason, it is essential to continue financially endowing projects that help maintain that biodiversity”.
“The Canarian cedar is a species typical of the Canary Islands and Madeira and recent studies have shown the longevity of some specimens found in the Teide National Park and that in other times were present in the form of forests in the so-called Cañadas, and in other times they had a presence in the form of forests in the so-called Cañadas”, has indicated the Councilor for Natural Environment Management and Security of the Cabildo, Isabel García.
In this sense, he pointed out that the Cabildo reinforces and supports the projects initiated by the management of the National Park, being aware of the importance of its development to increase and reinforce the biodiversity of this protected area.
The works included in this project include the collection of seeds from the specimens that exist in the Park, the obtaining of new specimens in the nursery, their planting in the natural environment, and their monitoring and control.
The cedars of the Park have been able to overcome five volcanic eruptions in the last 500 years, continuous rockfalls, and even so they have been able to develop in an arid and cold climate, with hardly any soil. At present, intense work is carried out from the National Park management related to conservation and protection measures with the objective of recolonizing the plains from which they were expelled.
“In this sense, from the Cabildo we reinforce and support the projects initiated by the management of the National Park, being aware of the importance of its development to increase and reinforce the biodiversity of this protected area,” said the counselor.
The works included in this project include the collection of seeds from the specimens that exist in the Park, the obtaining of new specimens in the nursery, their planting in the natural environment, and their monitoring and control.
The cedars of the Park have been able to overcome five volcanic eruptions in the last 500 years, continuous rockfalls, and even so they have been able to develop in an arid and cold climate, with hardly any soil. At present, intense work is carried out from the National Park management related to conservation and protection measures with the objective of recolonizing the plains from which they were expelled.
