The exchange, which will take place this weekend, will bring together young people from both islands on La Palma with the aim of strengthening ties, sharing learning and reinforcing youth participation around sustainability, heritage and care of the territory.
The Youth Networks of the La Gomera and La Palma Biosphere Reserve will participate, this weekend, in an exchange meeting aimed at promoting mutual knowledge, sharing experiences and generating new opportunities for collaboration between young people from both territories.
The island president, Casimiro Curbelo, pointed out that "one of its main objectives of this initiative is to promote dialogue between both youth networks, facilitate the exchange of participation experiences and promote the sharing of proposals, projects and ideas related to the present and future of the Biosphere Reserve."
For his part, the island coordinator of the La Gomera Biosphere Reserve, Diego Chinea, highlighted the good reception that this action has had among the youth of the island, "until the planned quota of more than twenty participants is completed, which reflects the interest of youth in being part of participation spaces linked to the Biosphere Reserve and issues related to sustainability, conservation, culture and heritage."
The call has been disseminated, among other channels, through the social media profiles of the Biosphere Reserve, a space in which the entity regularly publishes information of interest, informative content, curiosities and useful resources related to the values, heritage and objectives of the Reserve.
The meeting will take place in La Palma on October 16, 17 and 18 and will allow participants to get to know different natural, landscape and cultural enclaves of the island, as well as exchange knowledge, concerns and perspectives on the challenges and opportunities shared by both territories.
Throughout the meeting, participants will be able to visit different representative spaces of La Palma, including Santa Cruz de La Palma, the Caldera de Taburiente, the surroundings of the Tajogaite volcano, the salt flats of Fuencaliente, Los Tilos and Las Nieves. Direct knowledge of these enclaves will contribute to enriching the exchange and generating spaces for reflection on the relationship between youth, territory and sustainable development.
Likewise, the meeting will make it possible to strengthen the links between La Gomera and La Palma and advance cooperation between territories that share challenges in areas such as the conservation of their natural and cultural values, citizen participation and sustainable development.
