WWF starts its conservation and monitoring campaign in the Chinijo Archipelago Natural Park

With the aim of contributing to the conservation of the biodiversity of the protected area of the Chinijo archipelago, WWF will develop activities to protect, study and disseminate the natural values of the area. This campaign will involve the participation of volunteers and technicians from the organization and will last until November 15.

This campaign is a continuation of the study, conservation and monitoring work carried out by WWF since 1998 in this area, in which 1,000 volunteers have already participated. It is financed by the Volunteer Program of the National Parks Autonomous Agency and has the collaboration of the Island Council of Lanzarote, the City Council of Teguise and the Marine Reserves Service of the General Secretariat of the Sea.

The Chinijo Archipelago is one of the enclaves of greatest natural interest in the Canary Islands due to its high biological and geological diversity, as well as its ecological and landscape importance. Its marine environment harbors the greatest biodiversity in the Canary Islands, and its terrestrial environment contains the most important populations of aquatic birds in the archipelago, as well as being one of the last refuges for the most threatened species of birds of prey on the islands. However, WWF reports, problems such as "overfishing, poaching, uncontrolled tourism, marine pollution, and the lack of integrated management, endanger the continuity of its fragile natural balance."

With this campaign, WWF aims to contribute to knowing and improving the conservation status of the most relevant biological communities, disseminating the natural wealth of the Natural Park and promoting more respectful attitudes towards it among the local and visiting population.

The island of La Graciosa, the islet of Alegranza and the Risco de Famara in Lanzarote will be the places where the work of all those volunteers who wish to participate in the campaign will focus. Activities include habitat restoration tasks, environmental awareness, monitoring of Cory's shearwater nests, control of fishing and shellfish activities and assessment of the conservation status of natural resources.

WWF encourages all those interested in participating in the campaign and contributing to the conservation of the Chinijo Archipelago Natural Park to register directly [through its website->http://www.wwf.es/colabora/participa/hazte_voluntario/campamento_de_verano_en_el_archipielago_de_chinijo.cfm].