La Palma Biosphere Reserve

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The entire Canary Island of La Palma is a biosphere reserve .

history

In 1983 UNESCO declared an area of ​​around 511 hectares in the El Canal and Los Tiles area to be a biosphere reserve. The protection goal was the preservation of the laurel forest .

In 1997 the area was expanded to a size of approximately 138 km².

Its current size of around 807 km² was established in 2002. About 708 km² of this is accounted for by the island's land mass, the remainder by part of the marine protected areas around the island.

Protection zones

The biosphere reserve is divided into three zones: a core zone, a buffer zone and a development zone.

Core zone

The core zone consists of areas that are already under special protection: the Caldera de Taburiente National Park , the Pinar de Garafía nature reserve , the Guelguén species reserve , the areas of scientific importance Juan Mayor and Barranco del Agua and the core zones of the Cumbre Vieja and Las nature parks Nieves and the La Palma Marine Reserve .

Buffer zone (maintenance zone)

The buffer zone encloses the core zone. It consists of the other IUCN nature and landscape protection areas of the island: the natural monuments Montaña de Azufre , Volcanes de Aridane , Risco de La Concepción , Costa de Hiscaguán , Barranco del Jorado , Volcanes de Teneguía and Tubo Volcánico de Todoque , the Protected Landscapes El Tablado, Barranco de Las Angustias, Tamanca and El Remo as well as the other areas of the Natural Park and the Marine Reserve. Natural use takes place here, which is compatible with the protection goals, e.g. B. gentle tourism, agriculture and fishing.

Development zone

The development zone covers the rest of the island. Sustainable cultivation is promoted in these mostly populated areas.

administration

The biosphere reserve is managed by a joint council of the government of the Autonomous Community of the Canary Islands , the island government of La Palma and the municipal administrations of La Palma.

See also

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. Website of the Cabildo Insular de La Palma ( Memento of the original from April 16, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.senderosdelapalma.com

Coordinates: 28 ° 40 ′ 0 ″  N , 17 ° 52 ′ 0 ″  W.