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Water Scarcity – Tenerife introduces measures to address the water emergency
Situation of the Valle Molina reservoir in Tenerife, which appears empty due to the drought (CARSTEN W. LAURITSEN)
Water Scarcity – Drago Tenerife comments that water emergency measures are not effective
Drago Tenerife spokesperson Carmen Peña explains, “one of the most serious issues that we have detected is the lack of will when it comes to prioritizing the consumption of the resident population over tourist use…since there are no mechanisms to make a real differentiation between urban use and tourist use”
Valle Molina reservoir in Tenerife (La Laguna Ahora)
Ecological damage – 2 protected species found near Tenerife Motor circuit
Three renowned biologists have recently demonstrated the presence of Heniaria canariensis and Plantago asphodeloides, two protected Canarian species, within the area where the Tenerife Motor Circuit is planned. Plantago asphodeliodes , a type of herb commonly known as fine plantain or mouse’s tail, and Herniaria canariensis , a small shrub commonly named Tenerife yarrow.
“The findings have been detailed in a document submitted as an expert report to the appeals of the Tenerife Association of Friends of Nature (ATAN) against the Circuito del Motor, according to sources consulted.”
“The scientists’ work dates back to March and April 2023. During those weeks, in which they explored both the territorial area of influence of the project and its immediate surroundings, they captured more than 90 species of vascular flora through surveys, many of them endemic to Macaronesia, the Canary Islands or the island of Tenerife.”
Heniaria canariensis by Gerardo García Casanova
Tourists – Recent protests do not deter tourists
“Tourists want to keep coming to the Canary Islands. The demand for holidays in the archipelago has not only been maintained for the summer, but even more guests are expected than last year. Neither the protests against the overcrowding of tourism and the confrontation of the current model, nor the significant rise in prices have intimidated visitors and bookings are up by 14% compared to the same dates in 2023. In this way, tourism seems to have no ceiling and everything points to 2024 becoming another record year for the tourism industry if the trend continues.”
El Dia (2024)
Two tourists rest on Corralejo beach (El Dia)
Political comment – Bermúdez in favour of limited the arrival of new esidents to the Canary Islands.
“The mayor of Santa Cruz de Tenerife maintains in an interview with DIARIO DE AVISOS that, given the population increase and the housing crisis, “we must limit the arrival of new residents to the Islands” “in the last year alone the number of new residents in the Islands has increased by more than 23,000 people. Faced with this fact, the public administration, national and Canarian, cannot respond to the needs of infrastructure, health or social services that the new and current residents generate, which is causing a significant weariness among those who live here”
Photo of the mayor of Santa Cruz de Tenerife, José Manuel Bermúdez. (Fran Pallero)
Cost of Living – Cáritas warns of the “chronification of poverty”
“Cáritas warns of the “chronification of poverty” in Tenerife and the lack of response from the administrations. The organization served almost 17,000 people in 2023 and points to homelessness, job insecurity, unwanted loneliness and increased social inequality as the main risk factors
In 2023, the Diocesan Caritas of Tenerife served a total of 4,750 households and 16,776 people (including 3,912 minors) in the province of Santa Cruz de Tenerife through the 17 archpriests that make up the Nivariense Diocese and the different programs and projects it develops, 20% more than in 2018 and figures very similar to those of the last four years.”
