2000 protected areas were already covered by the
Canarian ENP network. The additional land desig-
nated through this network is significant only in
Gran Canaria, La Gomera, and La Palma, together
contributing a little over 300 km^2 land area. This
figure has increased the protected land area within
the archipelago from 40.4 to 44.5% (Table 12.3).
However, its main additional benefit is in incorpo-
rating 23 marine areas of high natural value,
totalling 1765 km^2 , into the protected area estate.
In addition to these ‘area-based’ schemes, there are
two different protected species catalogues, one desig-
nated at national (Spanish state) level, seeking to pro-
tect 173 Canarian species and the other at the
Canarian (autonomous region) level, seeking to
protect 450 endemic species or Canarian populationsSOME CONSERVATION RESPONSES 335Figure 12.1The Canarian ENP network (Red Canaria de Espacios Naturales Protegidos) and the Natura 2000 networks of Protected Areas
on and around Tenerife. Some zones correspond to two different protection categories, for example, the highest peak of the island (Teide) is
protected as a Natural Monument within a National Park, similarly, some zones of the Anaga massif (in the northeast corner of the island) are
protected as Natural Reserves within a Rural Park. Also, the Natura 2000 terrestrial sites largely overlap with the ENP network. The Natura 2000
marine protected areas can be easily distinguished from the coastline of the island by the simplicity of their form. See Table 12.2 for explanation
of the categories. (Map drawn by Ángel Vera, based on a figure in Martín-Esquivelet al. 1995.)