Tuesday, May 30, 2006
Protecting Tenerife’s green mantle
Fire that ravaged 35 hectares of pine trees in north Tenerife last weekend has prompted authorities to consider restrictive measures aimed at safeguarding the island’s mountain forests this summer. Access to a number of key forest tracks and protected areas will be severely limited if not completely banned.
“Our efforts are not only directed at recuperating eroded and otherwise damaged territory, “ said a spokesman for the Cabildo’s environment department, “but also at protecting and defending the existence of local people living in specific areas such as the rural parklands of Anaga and Teno. After all, it’s not just plants and trees that live in these places, but people too.”
Protecting Tenerife’s green mantle
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