The Tenerife Island Council and the Government Sub-delegation have implemented a special monitoring operation in the protected natural areas during the May holiday. This will involve the presence of the Civil Guard, Canary Islands Police, Local Police, and environmental agents from the Council in the National Park of Teide and the Rural Parks of Teno and Anaga.
As agreed at the end of the coordination meeting, agents from the Civil Guard, Canary Islands Police, Local Police from Santa Cruz, La Laguna, La Orotava, Buenavista del Norte, and environmental agents from the Council will be deployed. They will all participate in coordinated operations that will be established in strategic locations in the natural areas to ensure safety, maintain order, and prevent negative impacts on the environment.
Within the Rural Park of Anaga, operations will be set up in Roque Las Bodegas-Almaciga-Benijo, Pico del Inglés (Santa Cruz de Tenerife), and Cruz del Carmen (La Laguna), among other areas. In the Rural Park of Teno, they will be located, among other points, at Punta de Teno and the Masca Hamlet, while in the Teide National Park, they will be positioned at various strategic points.
Watch and Ensure Control
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The President of the Council, Rosa Dávila, explains that “this is a coordinated effort among different administrations to monitor and control Tenerife’s key natural areas. We already had an experience over Easter which worked very well, and we appreciate the coordinated work with the Government Sub-delegation to establish them over the May holiday.”
The Councillor for Natural Environment, Sustainability, Security, and Emergency Services, Blanca Pérez, notes that “we have coordinated the work with the Government Sub-delegation and their management with the Civil Guard and also with the rest of the administrations, town councils in the affected areas, and also with the Canary Islands Police, which is providing us with exceptional service, always in collaboration with our environmental agents, who are the foundation of all our management and control operations in the protected natural areas.”
The insular director of Natural Environment, Pedro Millán, explains that “during the meetings, we found total willingness on the part of the authorities and administrations to coordinate actions. We will continue working in the same direction to establish operations in those areas that experience high visitor numbers.”
During Easter, a special operation was activated with the collaboration of all security forces to monitor hikers who stray from the paths to engage in prohibited activities, visitors who camp in non-permitted areas of great natural value, graffiti and other acts of vandalism in places of significant historical value, traffic congestion caused by overcrowding, a major concern for residents of Anaga and other areas.
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Regarding Teide in particular, it is worth noting its significance, with four million visitors per year making it the most visited national park in Europe. This deployment will be activated in anticipation of the presence of residents and visitors to these locations over the upcoming public holidays.
