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Political erosion dismantles the conservation network existing in the Canary Islands

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The outstanding nature of the Canary Islands has been recognized by European, national and regional administrations since the arrival of democracy in Spain. Forty‐five per cent of its emerged territory has been declared as Natural Protected Areas, four Canarian National Parks were included within the Spanish network, more than 200 endemics were listed in the Spanish catalogue of endangered species, and 450 species were listed in the Canarian catalogue of protected species. However, in recent years, political decisions have started dismantling this splendid conservation network, which impedes construction of large infrastructure, golf courses and resorts, despite the advice of the scientific community. Canarian nature is now facing two threats: delisting and downgrading of numerous endangered species, and transfer of the management of Canarian National Parks to the regional administration.

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Political erosion dismantles the conservation network existing in the Canary Islands

Author: Fernández-Palacios, José María,Nascimento Reyes, Lea de
Publisher: eScholarship University of California
Year: 2011
DOI: 10.21425/F5FBG12426
Source: https://riull.ull.es/xmlui/bitstream/915/23340/1/5%20Frontiers%20of%20Biogeography2011.pdf
opinion
Poli icale osiondisman les heconse a ionne wo kexis ing
in heCana yIslands
JoséMa íaFe nández‐PalaciosandLeadeNascimen o
IslandEcologyandBiogeog aphyG oup,Ins i u oUni e si a iodeEn e medadesT opicalesySalud
PúblicadeCana ias(IUETSPC),Uni e sidaddeLaLaguna(ULL),A da.As o ísicoF anciscoSánchezs/n,
38206,LaLaguna,(Tene i e),Spain
e‐mail:jm e [email protected];h p://webpages.ull.es/use s/jm e pal
ISSN1948‐6596
opinion and pe spec i es
Recen ly heCana ianPa liamen hasapp o eda
new e siono  heCana ianca alogueo p o‐
ec edspecies(seeBox1) ha  educessubs an‐
iallybo h henumbe o speciesincluded( om
466speciesin he2001lis  o361speciesin he
2010lis )and hep o ec iona o ded( om381
h ea enedspecies o160,and om85p o ec ed
species o18).These educ ionsha ebeenwidely
c i icizedbyen i onmen alNGOsand helocal
scien i iccommuni y1,mainlydue o heabsence
o a igo ousscien i icp ocessini sde elopmen .
Al houghce ainly he i s  e siono  heca a‐
loguecouldbeimp o ed, hemain easonsbe‐
hind henew e isionswe eno conse a ionis‐
suesbu  a he s ic lypoli ical.The easonsmay
include, o ins ance, hede elopmen o la ge
in as uc u es,suchasindus ialha bou sand
gol cou ses,whichun il he e isionswe e o bid‐
dendue o hei impac sonp o ec edspeciesin‐
cludedin heo iginal e siono  heCana ianca a‐
logue.
Changesin heen i onmen allegisla iono 
heCana yIslandsen ailase ious h ea  o he
na u eo  his egiono biogeog aphicalin e es 
(F ancisco‐O egae al.,2000;Juane al.,2000;
Fe nández‐Palacios&Whi ake ,2008).Thus,we
belie ei isimpo an  osha eou app aisalo 
hecu en si ua ionwi h hein e na ionalscien‐
i iccommuni y.
Wi hin henew e isedca alogueacom‐
ple elynewc i e ion o p o ec ionhaseme ged
“especiesdein e éspa alosecosis emascana ‐
ios”(li e ally:“specieso in e es  o Cana ianeco‐
sys ems”),comp ising152species(seeBox1).The
ph aseispoo lychosen.I issupposed oapply
only oendange edspecies,consequen ly he e‐
quen andabundan specieswhichusuallys uc‐
u eanddomina e heecosys emsa eexplici ly
no lis ed,leading oacu iouspa adox: heCa‐
na ianpine(Pinuscana iensis)isno aspecieso 
in e es  o  heCana ianpine o es , he
Maca onesianLau el(Lau usno ocana iensis)is
Abs ac .Theou s andingna u eo  heCana yIslandshasbeen ecognizedbyEu opean,na ionaland
egionaladminis a ionssince hea i alo democ acyinSpain.Fo y‐ i epe cen o i seme ged e i‐
o yhasbeendecla edasNa u alP o ec edA eas, ou Cana ianNa ionalPa kswe eincludedwi hin he
Spanishne wo k,mo e han200endemicswe elis edin heSpanishca alogueo endange edspecies,
and450specieswe elis edin heCana ianca alogueo p o ec edspecies.Howe e ,in ecen yea s,po‐
li icaldecisionsha es a eddisman ling hissplendidconse a ionne wo k,whichimpedescons uc ion
o la gein as uc u e,gol cou sesand eso s,despi e head iceo  hescien i iccommuni y.Cana ian
na u eisnow acing wo h ea s:delis inganddowng adingo nume ousendange edspecies,and ans‐
e o  hemanagemen o Cana ianNa ionalPa ks o he egionaladminis a ion.
Keywo ds:Biodi e si yloss,endange edspecies,Na ionalPa ks,na u alp o ec eda eas,poli icalco up‐
ion,scien i iccommuni y,speciesdelis ing
1.Seedi e en  eac ionsa h p://www.nodesca alogacion.com,h p://www.ww .es,h p://www.g eenpeace.o g,
h p://www.a an.o g,h p://www.ecologis asenaccion.o g,h p://especiesamenazadascana ias.blogspo .com,
h p://ecooceanos.blogspo .com,h p://www.seo.o g,.
106©2011 heau ho s;jou nalcompila ion©2011TheIn e na ionalBiogeog aphySocie y— on ie so biogeog aphy3.3,2011
no aspecieso conce n o  heLau el o es ,and
soon.Thisisno  osay ha  hemos common
s uc u ingspecieso  heCana ianecosys ems
ha e obeincludedin heca alogue,bu we
wouldlike od awa en ion o heinadequacyo 
heconcep .
Bu  hisconcep ualsho comingpalesin
compa isonwi h he eal epe cussiono  henew
c i e ion,whichis ha  hosespecieslis edhe e
a eonlyp o ec edi p esen inanal eadydesig‐
na edNa u alP o ec edA ea(NPA).(In heCa‐
na ies, ha meansinei he  heCana ianNe wo k
o NPAso  heEu opeanUnionNa u a2000Ne ‐
wo k,whicho e lapex ensi ely).I alis edspe‐
cies, o ins ance hewoodcock(Scolopax us i‐
cola)o  hecoo (Fulicaa a)whicha ebo hin‐
cludedunde  henewc i e ion,dwellswi hin he
limi so  hep o ec eda ea heya esa e;bu i 
anybi dsc oss hoselimi s(whicha eno  ha 
ob ious obi ds,un amilia as heya ewi hGIS),
heycanbesho legallybyhun e s.Thesamein‐
consis encya ec s, o ins ance,ca.10endemic
specieso seala ende s(Limoniumspp.)p o‐
ec edince ain a ines,bu no ino he s.
Thenewlawcouldha enega i eimplica‐
ions o conse a ionbiogeog aphy,and hiscan
beillus a edwi hsomeexampleso  heCana ian
lo aand auna.TheendemiclegumeCice ca‐
na iensis,p e iouslyconside edas ulne ablein
he2001Cana ianca alogue,isnowincludedun‐
de  hec i e ionspecieso in e es .F omi s12
loca ions( eninLaPalmaand woinTene i e),
hesixpopula ionsin heNo ho LaPalma2a e
ou sideNPAsand he e o eunp o ec edacco d‐
ing o henewlaw.Me apopula iondynamicsin
hisspeciescouldbea ec edby hisnewc i e ion
i sou cepopula ionswi hin heseno he nloca‐
ionsa e h ea ened,endange ingsinkpopula‐
ionsincludedinNPAs.Thesamecouldapply o
heAbaloneo Cana ianclam(Halio is ube cula a
ssp.coccinea)o  heSeaHo se(Hippocampuship‐
pocampus).Bo ha ema inespecieswi hspa se
popula ionsin hemeso‐andin a‐li o al,which
dono alwayscoincidewi h hegeog aphicalloca‐
iono  hema ineSpecialA eas o Conse a ion,
whichoccupymainlyleewa d ingeson heA chi‐
pelago’scoas s.Collec ionandcap u eo bo h
speciesisp ohibi edby heRegula iono  heFish‐
JoséMa íaFe nández‐PalaciosandLeadeNascimen o
2.Acco ding o hee alua iono  hisspeciesby heCana ianGo e nmen (Se iciodeBiodi e sidad2009), he e
a esixpopula ionnucleiin heNo ho LaPalma,dis ibu edin h eeloca ionsmo e han10kmdis an one om
eacho he .
Box1
Law4/2010,June4,o  heCana ianCa alogueo P o ec edSpecies(see heo iginalSpanish ex a 
h p://www.gobie nodecana ias.o g/boc/2010/112/)
A icle3.Cana ianp o ec edspecies
2)Specieso in e es  o Cana ianecosys ems
TheCana ianCa alogueo P o ec edSpecieswillalsoinclude“specieso in e es  o Cana ianecosys‐
ems"whicha e hose ha ,wi hou beinglis edin he h ea eningsi ua ionsabo e(endange edo  ul‐
ne able),a ewo hyo pa icula a en ion o i secologicalsigni icanceina easo  heCana ianNe wo k
o Na u alP o ec edA easo Na u a2000ne wo k.
2.E ec so inclusionin heCa alogue
b)Thelegal egime o p o ec iono “specieso in e es  o Cana ianecosys ems"willbeapplicableonly
in he e i o yo  heCana ianNe wo ko Na u alP o ec edA easo Na u a2000Ne wo k.To hisend,
applicablemeasu esshallbep o idedby hemanagemen planso Na u alP o ec edA easandHabi a s
o  heNa u a2000Ne wo kinwhich heya eloca ed.Suchplansshallinclude hede e mina ions,con‐
olandmoni o ing oensu ee ec i enesso p o ec ion,o whe eapplicable, hejus i ica ion ha  he e
isnoneed o plans.(...)In hecaseo ac ionsp omo edby easonso publicin e es andp io i ya ec ‐
ing he“specieso in e es  o Cana ianecosys ems" heseac ionscouldbepossibleaslongas heydo
no a ec  heecosys emsubs an ially,unde  he e msinpa ag aphs4 o7o  heA icle45o  heLaw
42/2007,Decembe 13,o Na u alHe i ageandBiodi e si y.
107 on ie so biogeog aphy3.3,2011—©2011 heau ho s;jou nalcompila ion©2011TheIn e na ionalBiogeog aphySocie y
Cana ianconse a ionne wo kdisman led
e iesLawo  heCana yIslands,bu  hei inclusion
in henewc i e ionmaylead ocon usionon he
ishingbaninpopula ionsou sideo  he ese e
ne wo ks.
Thecaseo  heseag assCymodocea
nodosaiso pa icula in e es  o  wo easons;
hisspeciess uc u esacommuni y(“sebadales”),
conside edasNa u alHabi a o Communi yIn‐
e es by heHabi a sDi ec i e,andi sp esence
in heli o alzoneisoneo  hemainobs acles o
hecons uc iono enla gemen o ha bou s.The
mos  ecen is hePue odeG anadilla,whe e
conse a iono aEu opeanp io i yecosys em
comesin ocon lic wi hEu opean undingo a
la gein as uc u e.Thesebadalesa eakeycom‐
muni y omanecologicalpoin o  iewas hey
playanimpo an  olein heca boncycle,s abi‐
lizesandysoils,expo biomassandac asa ish
nu se ya ea(Ba be áe al.2005).Thela e cha ‐
ac e is icisalso e yimpo an  o  hesus ainabil‐
i yo local ishe ies.Also, hema inemeadowso 
C.nodosain heCana yIslandsandMau i ania
a e hemos ex ensi eexamplesa  hespecies’
sou he nlimi andcomp omising hemmay he e‐
o elead o angecon ac ion.Thecons uc iono 
Pue odeG anadillawillse e elydamageoneo 
hemos gene icallydi e sepa cheso sebadales
in heA chipelago(Albe oe al.2008).In2009,
asap ecau iona ymeasu e, heSupe io Cou o 
Jus iceo  heCana yIslandssuspended hep o‐
posalsubmi edby heCana ianGo e nmen , he
Po Au ho i yand heCana ianCompanyo Gas
T anspo a ion, odelis C.nodosa3.Cu en ly, he
Eu opeanCou sha edecla edadmissible he
complain  iledby heNGOEcologis asenAcción
asking o  hepublic eleaseo documen s ha 
includedal e na i es o hecons uc iono  he
ha bou (includinga enewalo  hein as uc‐
u eso al eadyexis ingha bou s), ha we ehid‐
den om heEu opeanCommissionbySpain’s
Na ionalGo e nmen .
Thiscon o e sialc i e ion—especiesde
in e éspa alosecosis emascana ies—isanad‐
ap a iono  hec i e ion“speciessuscep ible o
habi a dis u bance”, om hep e iousca alogue.
In ac ,manyo  hespecieso in e es come om
he o me lis o suscep iblespecieso a edown‐
g aded h ea enedspecies.Howe e in he o me 
c i e ion he ewe eno es ic ionsin hep o ec‐
ion,suchas heloca iono no inaNPA,and he
mainconside a ion oincludeaspecieswas ha 
i shabi a was h ea ened,in eg ession, ag‐
men edo limi ed.Thep e iousc i e ion o p o‐
ec ionwasmuchmo eapp op ia ei we hink
abou  hedesigno  heCana ianNe wo ko 
NPAs.Un o una ely heCana ianNe wo kwas
no basedona ho oughanalysiso me apopula‐
iondynamics,gene icdi e si yo  iabili yo 
popula ions,bu simplyinp o ec inglessde‐
g aded emnan so communi ies ha we es ill
a ailable.Asinmanypa so  hewo ld, ese es
we eno designed omee  hep incipleso sys‐
ema icconse a ionplanningneeded oachie e
ep esen a i enessandpe sis enceo biodi e si y
(Ma gulesandP essey2000).Thesi ua ion u ‐
he wo sensin heCana ieswhenda a, ends
and iabili yo popula ionsa ealmos unknown.
TheCana ianNe wo kisla gelyp o ec ing
species omma ginalpopula ions.Mo eo e , he
p o ec iono speciesp esen onlyin hecu en 
Rese eNe wo kinhibi s e‐es ablishmen o 
o iginaldis ibu ions.Agoodexampleis helau el
o es inAnagaRu alPa k,whichnowadaysis he
bes  ep esen a iono  his o es  ypeinTene i e
ye s illanimpo e ished ac iono i spas dis i‐
bu ion h oughou  hewindwa dslopeo  heis‐
land.F om hepoin o  iewo mi iga ing hee ‐
ec so globalchange, ulne abili yo ce ainspe‐
ciesou side heNe wo kwouldhinde al i udinal
mig a ion,especiallywhenecologicalco ido sa e
no includedin hedesigno NPAs.
 Thep ac iceo p o ec ing axaonlyinNPAs
isal eadywo kinginCa alonia( heonlyp ece‐
den inSpain).TheCa alonianPlano A easo 
Na u alIn e es includesspecieso  lo aand
aunas ic lyp o ec edindesigna eda eas.To
ou knowledgenocaseso  he ailu eo  hese
p ac iceso publicdisapp o alha ebeen e‐
po ed he e,bu wesuspec  ha  hespecieswi h
es ic edp o ec ionin heCa alonianNPANe ‐
108©2011 heau ho s;jou nalcompila ion©2011TheIn e na ionalBiogeog aphySocie y— on ie so biogeog aphy3.3,2011
3.Seenewsinh p://www.lap o incia.es.
4.Seeh p://www.laopinion.es,h p://www.ecologis asenacción.o g.
JoséMa íaFe nández‐PalaciosandLeadeNascimen o
wo kwe eno demo ed omhighe p o ec ion.
In heo y, hemainaimo  heexis enceo  e‐
gionalca aloguesisensu ing hep o ec iono 
pa icula species ha a eno conside edby he
Na ionalCa alogue.On heo he handse e al
au ho sha eques ionedandanalysed hee ec‐
i enesso NPAsNe wo ksinbiodi e si yconse ‐
a ion(Ja ee al.1998,Rod iguese al.2004)
andconcluded ha  ese ene wo ksa egeo‐
g aphicallyand axonomicallyunbalancedlea ing
abigp opo iono endemicand h ea enedspe‐
ciesunp o ec ed.
Thiswayo  hinkingmay unc ionwell
whenp o ec inga esou ce, o ins ancema ine
sanc ua iesa ein ended oinc easeca chin
neighbou inga easou side,and hiswo kscom‐
pe en lyin heCana ies’Ma ineRese eswi h
Fishe yIn e es ,bu isnonsensicalwhen heaim
o  hedecla a ionis op o ec a h ea enedspe‐
cies.I aspeciesisp o ec edwhenwi hinaNPA,
bu unp o ec edwhenbeyond hea ea,wha is
eallyachie edin e mso p o ec ion?Migh i be
oocynical osugges  heg ea es achie emen 
wouldbe hepoli icalgoalo in la ing henumbe 
o speciesincludedin heca alogue hus educing
henumbe o c i icso delis ing?Despi enume ‐
ouspublicp o es sand heclea opposi iono  he
majo i yo  heCana ianscien i iccommuni y, he
newca aloguewasp esen edby heleadingpo‐
li ical o cein heRegionalPa liamen .These
kindso con lic sa eno exclusi e o heCana y
Islandsanda enowadays akingplaceindi e en 
egionso  hewo ld(Possinghame al.2010,
Me zge e al.2011).
I  hedelis ingi sel isno o su icien con‐
ce n,o he newsmakes heou looke enbleake .
TheCana iesha bou  ou o  he13Na ional
Pa ks(NPs)inSpain–CañadasdelTeide
(Tene i e),Calde adeTabu ien e(LaPalma),Ti‐
man aya(Lanza o e)andGa ajonay(LaGome a)
–despi e ep esen ingonly1.5%o  hecoun y’s
geog aphicala ea.A e decen aliza iono  he
SpanishS a ewi h hea i alo  hedemoc acy,
heNPswe esimul aneouslyco‐managedby he
Cen alGo e nmen (Mad id)and heRegional
Go e nmen s.Howe e , heSpanishCons i u‐
ionalCou nowhasde e mined ha NPsman‐
agemen isexclusi elyama e  o  heRegional
Go e nmen s.Consequen ly heCen alGo e n‐
men has ans e edallmanagemen  o he e‐
gions.In hecaseo  heCana iana chipelago, his
managemen wasin ended obesubsequen ly
delega ed o he espec i eislandCouncils
(“Cabildos”)in2012,al hough ecen ly henew
depu yo En i onmen o  heCana ianGo e n‐
men exp essedhe in en ion odiscussagain his
ans e and olimi  hemanagemen o  heis‐
landCouncilsin heNPs.
The ans e  o egionsisno inhe en ly
bad,and o ins ancewouldwo kexcep ionally
wellinNo he nEu opeancoun ies.Thep oblem
isno  helawbu howi isde elopedwhen he
mainpoli icalpa ies ha go e nin heCana y
Islandsshownoin e es sinconse a ion,andan
ala mingnumbe o i spoli icians,includingsome
whoha esigni ican  esponsibili iesinconse a‐
ion,ha ebeencha gedwi hen i onmen al
c imes5.Al houghsomeimplica ionso decen ali‐
za ionshouldbeposi i e, o ins ance hec ea ion
o  egionallis sandplansconside ing hepa icu‐
la so eachNPo  hep oximi y olocalspecialis s
and echnicianswi hawide knowledgeo  he
egion, he esul isexac lyopposi e.Wi h he
p oximi yo  hemanagemen cen es o heNPs,
helikelihoodo pa onageandco up ionseems
likely oinc easewhileuni ica iono conse a ion
c i e iaac oss hea chipelago’s ou NPsseems
des ined odec ease,especiallyi  hedi e en 
islandCouncilsa ego e nedbydi e en poli ical
pa ies,whichiscu en ly hecase.Inaddi ion,
join managemen o  heNPsand heo he NPAs
ineachislandwoulddilu e he igo and esou ces
5.Seep ess e e encesinh p://www.abc.es/20100322/cana ias‐cana ias/ es‐impu ados‐co onan‐nue a‐
20100322.h ml(las accessedAugus /2011);h p://www.cana ias‐semanal.com/elhie o.h ml(las accessedAu‐
gus /2011);h p://www.eldia.es/2011‐04‐13/CANARIAS/5‐Es‐ ecuen e‐alcaldes‐es en‐impu ados‐deli os‐
u banis icos.h ml(las accessedAugus /2011);h p://www.elpais.com/a iculo/espana/co upcion/p esen a/
elecciones/elpepiesp/20110410elpepinac_1/Tes(las accessedAugus /2011);h p://www.eu opap ess.es/islas‐
cana ias/no icia‐impu ados‐cana ias‐log an‐man ene se‐ins i uciones‐20110524094822.h ml(las accessedAu‐
gus /2011).
109 on ie so biogeog aphy3.3,2011—©2011 heau ho s;jou nalcompila ion©2011TheIn e na ionalBiogeog aphySocie y
dedica ed oNPs.Conside ing ha budge sa e
no  ixed hiswouldimply ha  unding omanage
heNPscoulde en uallybeusedino he  asks,
mo econsis en wi h he"needso  hemomen ".
A ecen lyc ea edCommissiono Cana ianNPs,
cons i u edmainlyo poli iciansandwi honly wo
ad oca es o en i onmen alissues,le aside he
p esen di ec o sandconse a o so  heNPs.I 
couldalsohappen ha once ans e ed o he
Councils, heelec iono newdi ec o swillno 
conside  hebalancebe weenconse a ionand
managemen skills ha suchposi ion equi es.
TheislandCouncilsa eal eadyincha geo 
hemanagemen o  heCana ianNe wo ko 
NPAs.Whilesomeo  hesea easha ebeenac‐
i elymanagedo he slackany ypeo con ol.
Thesi ua iono simila NPAs a iesamongislands
and o mos  heac ionplansha ebeenpa ially
o ba ely ul illed,so ha nowadays(mo e han
enyea sa e i sdecla a ion)i iss illeasy o ind
dumps,illegalcons uc ions,in asi especies, o‐
ge he wi ho he po en ialeme ging h ea s.De‐
spi e hecapaci yandgoodwo ko en i on‐
men al echnicians,whos ugglewi hbudge cu s
e e yyea , heCouncilsha edemons a eda a‐
jec o yo ine iciencyandlacko commi men  o
hemanagemen o NPAs.Wi hin henewCa‐
na ianNPs amewo k, he abbi swill ecei e he
esponsibili yo  akingca eo  hele uces.
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Acknowledgemen s
Wewouldlike o hankRa aelLoyolaand h ee
anonymous e iewe s o  hei commen son he
manusc ip .Wea ealsog a e ul o heedi o ial
boa do F on ie sinBiogeog aphy o  hei help
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