The Ministry of Public Works, Housing and Mobility of the Government of the Canary Islands, through the General Directorate of Road Infrastructure, is carrying out a plant production program as part of the environmental measures associated with the works for the Tenerife Ring Road Closure. The aim is to promote the landscape integration of the infrastructure and the conservation of the natural values of the surroundings.
Currently, the nurseries located in El Tanque and Santiago del Teide house approximately 11,900 specimens of native species, selected according to the habitats present in the work's operational area.
The facilities in El Tanque have about 6,400 plants of representative species from Macaronesian heathlands, laurisilva forests, and endemic Canary pine forests, including the palo blanco, faya, brezo, laurel, acebiño, viñátigo, and Canary pine. Complementary species are also produced to enhance biodiversity.
For its part, the nursery in Santiago del Teide has around 5,500 plants of species typical of thermomediterranean and pre-steppe scrub habitats, including verode, retama, tabaiba roja, tabaiba amarga, and Canary pine.
This production is supplemented by plants from external seedbeds and alveolus trays. Subsequently, the specimens are moved to areas near the worksite to facilitate their acclimatization and promote their development before final planting.
The UTE Cierre del Anillo Insular de Tenerife plans to begin the first landscape integration actions in the designated work areas in the coming months. These efforts involve using species native to the island's ecosystems to promote the environmental recovery of the spaces linked to the infrastructure.
