The Biosphere Reserves project was approved in 1971 by UNESCO, naming those areas made up of terrestrial, marine and coastal ecosystems, recognized by the UNESCO Program on Man and the Biosphere. In each of them, solutions are promoted to reconcile the conservation of biodiversity with its sustainable use, economic development, research and education. Spain today is one of the countries in the world with the most Biosphere Reserves and in the Canary Islands the islands of La Palma (1983), Lanzarote (1993), El Hierro (2000), Gran Canaria have been declared as a Biosphere Reserve (2005) and Fuerteventura (2009). In 2012, the island of La Gomera was also declared and in 2015, the Macizo de Anaga, in Tenerife.
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