The image of the dunes of Maspalomas that you will not see again if they want to protect them after the state of alarm - Maspalomas, Gran Canaria, Islas Canarias, España
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This natural reserve, in a worrying situation of deterioration in recent times, has recovered its original image of 50 years ago due to the absence of footsteps and jumps during confinement. For this reason, those responsible want to limit access after returning to normal.
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Location: Islas Canarias, Spain
Date Posted: 01/22/2021
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The image of a handful of people jumping through the air or making the croquette on the dunes of Maspalomas, one of the main attractions of Gran Canaria, is one of the most persecuted on Instagram. But the days may be numbered. The absence of locals and tourists has restored its former splendor to one of the most impressive landscapes on the island, classified as a special nature reserve and in recent times in a worrying state of deterioration due to the incessant human presence.
Cabildo environmental experts say that this outdoor monument looks the original it had more than 50 years ago after two months of confinement. Without thousands of daily footsteps and jumps, the reserve is more virgin than ever, without footprints of any kind and with the undulations that end up in the Atlantic Sea much more marked.
For this unusual image to continue, the Cabildo has promised to intensify surveillance after the pandemic to reduce its number of visitors and that images like this one uploaded to Instagram are not produced before the state of alarm decree.
The state of alarm caused by the Covid-19 crisis has led to the recovery of ecological processes in the area, highlights Miguel Ángel Peña, technical director of the Masdunas project, dependent on the Cabildo. His objective is formulas to stop the process of environmental degradation that has been taking place during the last five decades in the place due to excessive wear.
DISAPPEARANCE OF THE DUNES
To the point that, if it continues like this, it could cause the disappearance of this field of mobile dunes in the coming years. Still, experts are hopeful about nature's ability to regenerate if given respite, as has been the case. It is a way of maintaining the environmental value of the reserve and its relevance as a tourist attraction.
Not surprisingly, the reserve is located in San Bartolomé de Tirajana, the southern municipality of Gran Canaria that led the number of tourist overnight stays in our country in 2019, behind only Madrid and Barcelona. And the dunes of Maspalomas are very much to blame for this influx of travelers, eager to see a prodigy of nature like this one in the first person.
REPOPULATION OF THE AREA
The Masdunas project also includes the repopulation of the area with plants called balancones, which manage to trap the sand to form new dunes that are incorporated into the ecosystem. La Charca de Maspalomas has also managed to attract the migration of countless birds to the area due to the tranquility that the place now breathes.
The dunes have returned to their original state.
The return to the original state of the Maspalomas dunes is not the only case of how wild nature has taken over the cities and towns of half the world due to the absence of people on the streets during confinement. And especially quarantines. There are many more. Peacocks walking as if nothing had happened through the streets of Madrid. Wild boars on the Diagonal in Barcelona. A puma in the center of Santiago de Chile. Goats crossing a zebra crossing in a town in Wales. Foxes alternating between San Francisco streetcars.
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