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El Teide named UNESCO World Heritage Site - Tenerife Holiday Villas
the Teide National Park, on Tenerife, has just been added to the list of UNESCO World Heritage Sites. The World Heritage Committee took into account the fact that the park’s scenery is really spectacular and it is a magnet for four million visitors each year.
Mt Teide, a protected area covering nearly 20,000 hectares, is Spain’s fifth largest national park. Surrounded by a 46,000 hectare forest belt, a good part of this volcanic formation is situated at over 2,000m above sea level. The Teide rises to 3,718m at its highest point, making it Spain’s highest peak.
Apart from its incalculable geological value because it showcases the complete evolution process of the formation of oceanic volcanic islands, the park also boasts an exceptional biodiversity with more than 50 endemic species of flora and fauna.
Teide’s candidacy went before the 31st gathering of the UNESCO World Heritage Committee at the end of June in Christchurch, New Zealand. Among the different institutions backing the drive were the Canary Islands Parliament, the Senate, Spain’s Ministry for the Environment and the Home Office as well as all of the country’s autonomous regions. Of the 87 local councils in the Canary Islands, 76 supported the nomination plus a dozen scientific institutions and NGOs.
The president of the Tenerife Government, Ricardo Melchior, pointed out that the classification of the Teide as a World Heritage Site because of its natural worth “is something which makes all of Tenerife’s people and therefore all Canary Islanders and all Spaniards feel very proud.”
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the Teide National Park, on Tenerife, has just been added to the list of UNESCO World Heritage Sites. The World Heritage Committee took into account the fact that the park’s scenery is really spectacular and it is a magnet for four million visitors each year.
Mt Teide, a protected area covering nearly 20,000 hectares, is Spain’s fifth largest national park. Surrounded by a 46,000 hectare forest belt, a good part of this volcanic formation is situated at over 2,000m above sea level. The Teide rises to 3,718m at its highest point, making it Spain’s highest peak.
Apart from its incalculable geological value because it showcases the complete evolution process of the formation of oceanic volcanic islands, the park also boasts an exceptional biodiversity with more than 50 endemic species of flora and fauna.
Teide’s candidacy went before the 31st gathering of the UNESCO World Heritage Committee at the end of June in Christchurch, New Zealand. Among the different institutions backing the drive were the Canary Islands Parliament, the Senate, Spain’s Ministry for the Environment and the Home Office as well as all of the country’s autonomous regions. Of the 87 local councils in the Canary Islands, 76 supported the nomination plus a dozen scientific institutions and NGOs.
The president of the Tenerife Government, Ricardo Melchior, pointed out that the classification of the Teide as a World Heritage Site because of its natural worth “is something which makes all of Tenerife’s people and therefore all Canary Islanders and all Spaniards feel very proud.”
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