Through a question in the last ordinary plenary session, the island councilor Guzmán Correa Marichal recalled that a decade ago the Hermigua City Council promoted this initiative through a plenary agreement and asked ASG if it plans to resume it.
The island councilor of the Initiative for La Gomera (IxLG), Guzmán Correa Marichal, took advantage of the question time of the last ordinary plenary session of the Island Council of La Gomera, held on July 31, to inquire about the situation of the proposed declaration of the rocks popularly known as the “Pedro and Petra” rocks, in the municipality of Hermigua, as Natural Monuments.
During his speech, Correa Marichal recalled that on May 31, 2016, the Hermigua City Council agreed to promote this declaration, an initiative aimed at strengthening the protection of one of the most unique geological and landscape enclaves in the north of La Gomera.
From the Gomera political formation they fear that this agreement has been forgotten; or, even worse, it consisted like many others of just another empty ESG advertisement.
In this sense, the Initiative for La Gomera (IxLG) considers that the protection of natural heritage must continue to be a priority for public administrations, but it must be addressed with planning and not through announcements that later do not materialize in reality; especially when it comes to spaces of high environmental, geological, landscape and identity value for the island.
The island councilor Correa Marichal pointed out that recovering this initiative would allow progress in the conservation of an emblematic element of the Gomero landscape and respond to a claim that has remained pending for ten years. Likewise, he recalled that the declaration as a Natural Monument would contribute to strengthening the legal protection of the space and would favor its adequate conservation for future generations.
"Initiative for La Gomera understands that the preservation of our natural heritage cannot be relegated by the passage of time. If a decade ago there was consensus to promote this declaration, we believe that it is time to know if the Cabildo maintains the will to promote it and to give continuity to a proposal that would contribute to adding even more value to one of the most representative landscapes of Hermigua and La Gomera," says Correa Marichal.
The island group demands that the Curbelo government group clarify the status of this initiative and, where appropriate, promote the necessary actions to resume its processing.
