The Anaga Massif Biosphere Reserve It has been declared a Kilometer Zero Zone for Vascular Flora by the International Committee of the World Biological Corridora distinction that reflects the high ecological value of this protected natural area. The Tenerife Reserve is home to the largest concentration of endemism in all of Europe and treasures many exclusive protected species of this insular territory.
The Tenerife Island, and specifically the Anaga Reserve, has formally joined the World Biological Corridor last February. Once the process has been resolved, Anaga has immediately become considered a strategic point in the World Biological Corridor. Now the network of trails and ravines, the coast, the marine area and the natural spaces of Anaga are linked to the European body. The signing of this adhesion has materialized after the island councilor learned about the project from the hand of its president in Spain, Jorge Extramiana, at the I International Congress of the Oceans held last November on the island of El Hierro.
The president of the Council of the Anaga Biosphere Reserve and Councilor for Management of the Natural Environment and Safety of the Cabildo, Isabel García, points out the importance of “adhering to an international project that seeks the survival of species and the creation of a continuous path of global biodiversity in all the ecosystems of the planet”.
The institution not only tries to protect natural habitats such as forests, savannahs, marine environments of algae forests, reefs, areas of high geological interest, etc., but also to promote the necessary rehabilitation of degraded spaces that can contribute to the maintenance of important biodiversity. .
Some simple examples of endemism that can only be enjoyed in the Anaga Reserve allow us to measure their biological importance. It is the case of the Chinamada Amagante (Cistus chinamadensis subsp. chinamadensis); the Taganana thyme (Micromeria glomerata); the Chinamada pellet (Monanthes wildpretii); the Chinobre lettuce (Tolpis glabrescens) or the Violet of Anaga (Viola anagae).
The International Committee of the World Biological Corridor has the collaboration of institutions of recognized prestige such as the Philippe Cousteau Foundation, the Great Ape Project and the Orangutan Foundation or the NGO A Forest for Planet Earth.
It is also nurtured with the support of personalities of national and international prestige such as the naturalist and writer, Joaquín Araujo, the ethologist, Birute Galdikas and the oceanographer Sylvia Earle and Max Bello. They, together with many other national and international personalities, universities and institutions, contribute to making this ecological belt so necessary for the future of the planet stronger and stronger.
Renovation of the Titsa signage
The Titsa bus company renews the informative signage of the lines towards the Anaga massif to make it clearer and more attractive. The measure seeks to encourage the use of public transport and highlights the promotion of four hours of free parking at interchanges with the use of the bus. The posters already appear at stops in Santa Cruz de Tenerife and La Laguna. The new design, which includes photographs of emblematic places in the area such as the emblematic laurel forests, allows a clearer and more visual understanding of the bus schedules, their route and connections with other lines. The company plans to extend the initiative to other points on the island of Tenerife. |
