Santa Cruz de La Palma (EFE) Breña Alta, against which different regional environmental groups have positioned themselves.
During the plenary session of the first palm corporation, the spokesperson for the environmental group Ben Magec-Ecologistas en Acción, Estrella Monterrey, spoke, making a clear allegation against the tourist infrastructure due to its impact on the environment, which “poses a threat to the natural, agricultural and life values of the residents of La Palma”.
Monterrey recalled that the resort and golf course in La Pavona is an idea “from more than 30 years ago, which this time they are trying to process in a big way”, he stated, adding that the project “with 1,400 beds, would triple the places allowed in the Territorial Tourist Plan fortunately annulled “
The environmental group is also concerned about the intensive water consumption of a golf course, as well as the electricity consumption in an area where photovoltaic panels are not efficient all year round due to the accumulation of clouds near the summit, so they assure that “eco is just a label to sell it better”.
The Councilor for Territory Planning of the Island Council, Gonzalo Pascual, has defended the processing of the declaration of Island Interest and has clarified that “we are not voting for an execution in two or three months of the project, but for an opening of the file” .
Pascual has ensured that, in the event that the infrastructure project is developed, it must be associated with a favorable environmental evaluation since without it “there can be no approved substantive planning, because fortunately the European directives give priority to sustainable actions”.
During the counselor’s intervention, various attendees have raised banners in which they have compared the ‘La Pavona Ecoresort and golf course’ project with other tourist infrastructures with a high environmental impact such as “Cuna del Alma” in Tenerife, at the same time who have shouted “La Palma is not for sale, La Palma defends itself”.
The declaration of insular interest of the ecoresort has been approved with the affirmative votes of the two government parties, PP and PSOE, and the opposition, CC, and in the face of threats from the environmental group to paralyze its execution in the courts. EFE