Fuerteventura To Be Declared A Biosphere Reserve

EFE PUERTO DEL ROSARIO
Miércoles, 11-03-09

The President of the Committee of the world of UNESCO and Ambassador and permanent delegate of Spain to UNESCO, Maria Jesús San Segundo declared yesterday that Fuerteventura will be declared a Biosphere Reserve in May.

San Segundo - Costa Calma (Pájara) anticipates that the formal declaration of the reserve of the biosphere of Fuerteventura will "in all probability" be announced as part of the meeting that the International Scientific Committee of UNESCO to be held in Korea at the end of the month of May.

Maria Jesús San Segundo, involved since yesterday in a few international scientific seminars on "Starlight reserves and world heritage" held in Fuerteventura, noted further that "the scientific report submitted by Fuerteventura to the Committee of experts received very positive assessment".

The Fuerteventura Biosphere Reserve proposal includes territory throughout the island, and a marine strip five miles by three miles in the western sector of island, a total area of 352.812,6 hectares.

http://www.canariasaldia.com/noticia.php?noticia_id=123069