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 and activists led to a moratorium on the project’s construction on August 20, 2022 (Canarian Weekly, 2023). The project was found to be destroying specimens of Echium triste, featured in the catalogue of protected species. Construction was legally paused in October 2022 by an EU parliamentary decision (EU Parliament, 2022).