Ecologistas en Acción Lanzarote joins the mobilizations planned for April 20, in five of the eight Canary Islands, to request policies that prioritize citizen welfare and the protection of the island environment. The group joins the citizen initiative, organized under the slogan 'Canary Islands has a limit', and demands the need to "evaluate the tourist capacity of the islands, as well as the business commitment to sustainable development."
The group thus supports the "call to action that has arisen as a citizen response to try to guarantee a healthy future for Lanzarote and its inhabitants." The ecological group appeals to "collective responsibility" to attend a call whose objective is to "demand policies that prioritize the well-being of the population, respecting island limits, its resources and its landscapes."
In this context, the ecological group considers it necessary to "carry out a rigorous evaluation and a clear diagnosis of the capacity of the tourist load of Lanzarote and La Graciosa", taking into account the protection of the natural, cultural environment and services. To achieve this, it demands "a business community and political formations committed to sustainable development, curbing speculation and ending overexploitation, that is committed to the need to abide by the real dimension of a small and limited island, that respects the landscape, the soil and the environment, that does not consume territory with unnecessary projects far from reality and the island scale, that values the culture, nature and idiosyncrasy of Lanzarote."
From the recognition of the vital importance of the tourism sector, the ecological group considers that it is "essential to have a tourism that respects the environment and generates quality of life for the population."
Ecologistas en Acción Lanzarote also proposes the "application of an Eco-tax", as already happens in other destinations, which has an impact on "better services" for its population, also asks to "regulate the capacity of the mobile park (no more vehicles are required per person but more people sharing public vehicles) and also rentals at reasonable prices, reduce poverty and misery rates and recover silence, tranquility and balance in the islands."
