Natura 2000 Network is a European ecological network composed of areas where the conservation of diversity is promoted. Among them, different protections are included from Special Conservation Zones (SCZ) to Special Protection Zones for Birds (SPA) and Sites of Community Importance (SCI).
Lanzarote is the third island of the Archipelago with the most spaces protected by the Natura 2000 Network, only behind Tenerife and Fuerteventura. Specifically, the island of volcanoes has 40,632 terrestrial hectares under this heading.
Geopark and Biosphere Reserve
In addition, it is one of the two Canary Islands, along with El Hierro, that is classified as a Geopark. In the case of Lanzarote, this protection concentrates La Graciosa, the entire Chinijo Archipelago and part of the sea.
Meanwhile, in its declaration as a Biosphere Reserve, Lanzarote is the second island with the most terrestrial protection, only behind Fuerteventura.
Meanwhile, it is the third in maritime protection, which includes the Chinijo Archipelago to Alegranza and some sections of its coastline to the southwest and east, only behind Fuerteventura and El Hierro.
To these different protections, other classifications are added such as natural monuments, sites of scientific interest, protected landscapes, reserves, national parks, natural and rural parks.
At this point, according to the distribution of the Canary Islands Network of Protected Natural Spaces, Lanzarote has 6,111 hectares classified as a Natural Monument. Another 194 hectares as a Site of Scientific Interest, 5,732 hectares of protected landscape and 146 hectares of Integral Natural Reserve and 5,732 hectares of national park.
The island of volcanoes is the Canary Island with the most hectares protected under the heading of natural park. In total, 56,337 hectares of land.
In addition, Timanfaya National Park is the second most visited in the Canary Islands, only behind Teide National Park, and ahead of Garajonay and Caldera de Taburiente.
