The third vice president of the Cabildo, Rosa Elena García Meneses, proposes that an evaluation be made of how many family farms can be left out of feed aid for a minimum of five units of livestock.
It also suggests that the future biodiversity law identify who processes each authorization and how actions on the islands will be financed.
The third vice president of the Cabildo of La Gomera, Rosa Elena García Meneses, asked this Thursday, in the General Commission of Island Councils of the Parliament of the Canary Islands, to check whether the extraordinary aid to the primary sector reaches the small farms on the island. In the debate on the draft Law on Biodiversity and Natural Resources of the Canary Islands, he has demanded that the functions assumed by the councils have technical personnel and sufficient funding.
Decree Law 7/2026, of October 30, modifies the aid approved in April to compensate for the extra costs derived from the crisis in the Middle East. García Meneses valued that the reduction to 30 euros of the minimum eligible amount in agriculture facilitates access for smaller farms. In livestock, he highlighted that the aid for the purchase of feed maintains the 16% increase in La Gomera due to double insularity and asked to know how many family farms remain below the required minimum of five units of livestock.
The island representative also requested that the Government of the Canary Islands and the councils share information on subsidies subject to the same de minimis aid regime. The accumulated limit per beneficiary in three years is 50,000 euros in agriculture and livestock and 40,000 euros in fishing. Prior island aid can, therefore, reduce the amount that the producer can receive from the autonomous community.
In the case of the Gomera artisanal fleet, García Meneses asked to verify how transportation costs will be taken into account. He also offered the collaboration of the Cabildo to help producers with the electronic processing. “It would be convenient to reinforce administrative assistance for this management,” he said.
Regarding the future biodiversity law, the vice president defended that each environmental authorization have a responsible body and that the necessary reports and their deadlines be specified. He demanded that it be clarified who will finance the island species recovery plans and invasive species control campaigns, two tasks that require specialized personnel on the ground.
García Meneses also proposed that collaboration be prioritized when a council meeting is delayed due to lack of resources or pending authorization from another administration. He also proposed reviewing whether the year planned to adapt the wildlife recovery centers is enough to adapt the facilities, equipment and staff. “Our objective is that the law can be applied with legal certainty and effectiveness,” he concluded.
