SANTA CRUZ DE TENERIFE, 16th May. (EUROPA PRESS) –
Following last summer’s ravaging wildfire, the Tenerife Cabildo is collaborating with affected municipalities to regenerate the decimated chestnut agrosystem, comprising approximately 75% of the island’s total area.
Pursuing this goal, the Cabildo’s Primary Sector division, under the leadership of Valentín González, convened a working session with municipalities like Arafo, Candelaria, La Orotava, El Rosario, Tacoronte, El Sauzal, La Matanza, La Victoria, and Santa Úrsula, all housing extensive chestnut groves forming centuries-old agrosystems.
The meeting also saw the presence of Cabildo’s vice president, Lope Afonso, and Presidency councillor, José Miguel Ruano, alongside representatives from affected municipal councils, as well as Notaries, Cadastre, and the Government of the Canary Islands.
The Cabildo urged municipal collaboration in identifying over 15,000 impacted farms to facilitate diverse recovery efforts, integrating this initiative as a pioneer project in the task force focused on activating dormant agricultural lands, synchronised with the Canary Islands Government.
González stressed, “It is crucial to pinpoint the owners of scorched agricultural lands in the cadastre, outline their precise boundaries and locate them accurately, as the more current and realistic this data is, the more effectively it can underpin future measures.”
Highlighted measures by the councillor include revamping the Participatory Rural Diagnosis and establishing a nursery since “due to chestnut canker, safely importing chestnut plants is impossible, necessitating local production, and for this task, the Agricultural Conservation Center of Tenerife (CCBAT) will play a pivotal role.”
