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NATURE

Drago Milenario Canary due to the geologic and climéticas diversity of formation it has four National Parks (Garajonay in the Gomera, the Boiler of Taburiente in the Palm, the Gorges of the Teide in Tenerife and the one of Timanfaya in Lanzarote). Also all a network of rural and natural parks like dunes of Maspalomas and the Roque Nublo in Great Canary, the Linden trees in the Palm, Island of Wolves, the Graceful one, etc. be protected of the hand of the man. The Teide is the tip high month of all Spain, with 3.718 meters on the level of the sea. From this height the seven islands can be seen that conform archipié canary lake. The climética variety causes that termófilas or laurisilva exists forests of plants, that remembers those forests of the quaternary era, still existing in the Gomera, the Palm, Tenerife and Canary Gran.

The Island of Tenerife has one varied relation of florísticos and faunísticos endemismos, and tambié n diverse structures of landscapes; 45% of their surface are almost subject to you formulate of protection.

It emphasizes the National Park of the Teide, created in 1954, and next to é l the Natural Park of Forest Corona and the Rural Parks of Anaga and Teno.

Within the framework of the state bésica legislation, represented by Law 4/1989 of Conservation of the Natural Spaces and the Wild Flora and Fauna, Law 12/1994 of Natural Spaces of the Canary Islands regulates the arrangement of the natural resources of the Archipié lake, determines the different categories from protection and their instruments of planning, form a new model of administrative organization and establish ré they moan sancionatorio able to guarantee the purpose and objectives that the Law prevé.

The Canary Islands are the Spanish Regiòn with the greater number of protected natural spaces: it counts on 107 natural spaces protected by any figure of legal type. On the other hand, the Canary Islands are the fourth natural region of the world as far as florísticos endemismos, with 600 species, occupying Tenerife a place privileged in archipié lake, since its vegetal patrimony is made up of 140 exclusive species.

Numerous footpaths allow to cross the island, existing ademés 30 recreational zones, that offer an ample cover of services. The encamped one in the zones is only allowed that have been prepared with this aim, previous permission of the Environment Council of the Town hall of Tenerife.