The Biosphere Reserve department of the Cabildo de Lanzarote, coordinated by Councilor Samuel Martín, has acquired a plot of land in Hoya de Guinate (Haría), in order to launch training, research and conservation actions of the island's biodiversity.
The rustic estate contains landscape, geomorphological, agricultural and cultural values that make it an ideal space for the fulfillment of the entity's purposes. The sale process ended last Friday, January 31, with the mandatory signing of the parties before a notary.
The president of the Cabildo, Oswaldo Betancort, has pointed out the importance of measures such as this, which put plots of territory into public hands that, otherwise, could end up being affected by urban interventions. "Our commitment to protecting Lanzarote's natural and landscape resources is unquestionable and consistent with the rest of the cross-cutting sustainability policies," he says.
The piece of land is located in a place close to different protected natural areas of the Canary Islands Network and the Natura Network: the Chinijo Archipelago Natural Park, the Chinijo Archipelago Special Canary Zone (ZEC), the Special Protection Area for Birds (SPA) Northern Islets of Lanzarote and Famara, the Natural Monument of La Corona and the ZEC La Corona.
Its qualification in the General Plan of Ordination of the municipality of Haría as rustic land for agricultural protection 2 allows actions related to agricultural improvement, the planting of native flora and the recovery of traditional agricultural species.
Regarding its location, the land is located in a humid area of the Guinate valley, which facilitates the development of endemic vegetation and traditional crops. It is a flat area, with easy access and parking spaces in the vicinity, which will allow the realization of calls for volunteer participation, school activities, etc. In addition, in a statement the Cabildo points out that the "lack of buildings or roads with a lot of traffic make it an ideal place also for landscape contemplation and listening to avifauna and other sounds of nature".
According to Samuel Martín, despite its current state of neglect, "the conditions of the plot, a sandpit that preserves the topsoil, are conducive to soil regeneration and the establishment of crops and specimens of native flora and the presence of natural pollinators have been observed, which provides guarantees of success for the projects that are undertaken."
