Construction was legally paused however our drone footage from January 2023 suggests evidence of new infrastructure and construction that were not present in 2022 satellite imaging. This implies some work may have continued on the Cuna del Alma project despite the restriction. Furthermore, in July 2023...
In December 2022, Marine Science Camp students as part of the GeoTenerife training programme began to document the coastal and marine environment, see here, and highlighted the need for further study. Here is a summary of the student's results: Vegetation: Native and endangered species within...
[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column width="1/2"][vc_column_text] When construction started on the Cuna del Alma project in Puertito de Adeje in May 2022, demonstrations were organised against the development and protestors complained of violence and intimidation. The weeks of demonstrations and protests from locals...
[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column width="1/2"][vc_column_text] In early 2022, the Cuna del Alma project was announced. The complex is to be made up of hundreds of units of luxury villas, beach apartments, and houses with private terraces with pools and ocean views (Canarian...
[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_row_inner row_type="row" type="full_width" text_align="left" css_animation=""][vc_column_inner width="1/2"][vc_column_text] After the global financial crisis in 2008, policies in Tenerife promoted foreign investment and granted foreign investors highly advantageous tax and financial repatriation terms. Land had become a commodity to service the tourism...
[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column width="1/2"][vc_column_text] This land has been used for generations: The Guanche, the indigenous people of Tenerife adapted to the island’s unique environment and climate and evidence of Guanche life in El Puertito...
[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column width="1/2"][evc_icon_with_text type="icon-top" icon_library="fontawesome" title_tag="h4" icon_fontawesome="fas fa-newspaper" title="Newspaper article" icon_color="#000000" title_color="#000000"][/vc_column][vc_column width="1/2"][evc_icon_with_text type="icon-top" icon_library="fontawesome" title_tag="h4" icon_fontawesome="fas fa-hotel" title="Cuna del Alma" title_color="#000000" icon_color="#000000"][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column width="1/2"][vc_empty_space height="50px"][vc_column_text]The...
[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column width="1/2"][evc_icon_with_text type="icon-top" icon_library="fontawesome" title_tag="h4" icon_fontawesome="fas fa-newspaper" title="Newspaper article" icon_color="#000000" title_color="#000000"][/vc_column][vc_column width="1/2"][evc_icon_with_text type="icon-top" icon_library="fontawesome" title_tag="h4" icon_fontawesome="fas fa-hotel" title="Cuna del Alma" title_color="#000000" icon_color="#000000"][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column width="1/2"][vc_empty_space height="50px"][vc_column_text]A...
[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column width="1/2"][evc_icon_with_text type="icon-top" icon_library="fontawesome" title_tag="h4" icon_fontawesome="fas fa-newspaper" title="Newspaper article" icon_color="#000000" title_color="#000000"][/vc_column][vc_column width="1/2"][evc_icon_with_text type="icon-top" icon_library="fontawesome" title_tag="h4" icon_fontawesome="fas fa-hotel" title="Cuna del Alma" title_color="#000000" icon_color="#000000"][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column width="1/2"][vc_empty_space height="50px"][vc_column_text]"We...
[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column width="1/2"][evc_icon_with_text type="icon-top" icon_library="fontawesome" title_tag="h4" icon_fontawesome="fas fa-newspaper" title="Newspaper article" icon_color="#000000" title_color="#000000"][/vc_column][vc_column width="1/2"][evc_icon_with_text type="icon-top" icon_library="fontawesome" title_tag="h4" icon_fontawesome="fas fa-hotel" title="Cuna del Alma" title_color="#000000" icon_color="#000000"][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column width="1/2"][vc_empty_space height="50px"][vc_column_text]Thank...