The Canarian network of protected natural spaces is composed of 146 spaces, That as a whole constitute more than 40% of the surface of the archipelago, encompassing a statistic that differs at the insular level, as a consequence of the peculiarities of each island.
This Red is a regional scope in which all protected areas They are declared and managed as a harmonious set that has a common purpose: to contribute to human well -being and the maintenance of the biosphere preserving nature and protecting the aesthetic and cultural values of natural spaces.
Natural spaces in the Canary Islands
The Governing Council has given free via this morning to the restart of the drafting of the Digitalization Law of the Limits of the Canarian Network of Protected Natural Spaces. The file, raised at the proposal of the head of the Ministry of Territorial Policy, Territorial Cohesion and Aguas, Manuel Miranda, unlocks the elaboration of this standard, paralyzed in 2021, which aims digitize the graphic representation of these protected spacessince the only support currently dates back to 1987. The Canary Network of Protected Natural Spaces is composed of 146 spaces, which occupy approximately 40% of the surface of the archipelago.
Los Official limits of natural spaces in the Canary Islands are defined by the reclassification and cartographic annexes that, since 1994, they have accompanied the successive regulations on planning in the islands. These are, among others, the Law of Natural Spaces of the Canary Islands (1994), the consolidated text of the Law of Territory Planning (2000) and the Land Law and the Natural Spaces of the Canary Islands (2017).
For this reason, Manuel Miranda explained, “it is necessary to update the tool for the definition of said spaces, which is adapt to current territorial information systems, All of them digitized, to guarantee greater legal certainty and facilitate the identification of the areas included in the Canarian network of protected natural spaces ”.
The processing of these regulations, as Miranda explained, began in 2018 and, since 2021, was paralyzed, so it has been decided Start a new file for greater legal certainty of the procedure. In a first public exhibition he received 165 suggestions, which “have been analyzed in recent months,” added the counselor, “and will be incorporated into the document before exposing it publicly.”
Among the principles that inspire the new regulation, which will have the rank of law, as it replaces the annexes that have accompanied the norms of equal rank, are to ensure “the prevalence of environmental protection over territorial and urban planning”, and guarantee “the principle of non -regression of natural spaces.” In addition, the new legal text will encourage “Protection, conservation and improvement tasks“Of these spaces.
The digitalization of the limits of natural spaces, which is processed by the General Directorate of Territorial Territorial and Cohesion, will allow its incorporation into any project or management instrument, and will also be compatible with The State Nature Data Bankwhich is referred every year to the European Environment Agency.