UNESCO to Evaluate Tenerife's Mount Teide

A committee of experts from UNESCO are to visit the Teide National Park in Tenerife in October, to study the proposal for it's inclusion the list of World Heritage Sites.

Park Director, Manuel Durbán, says that the committee will be wrapped in technicians from the park, scientists from the University of La Laguna and various other experts so that they can fully explain importance of the National Park and the uniqueness of the flora and fauna in this volcanic landscape.

Declared as Parque Nacional del Teide in 1954, the process for recognition was begun in 2002. A definitive decision is expected in 2007. The Canary Islands already have two sites on the World Heritage list; the city of San Cristóbal de la Laguna in Tenerife and the Garajonay National Park in La Gomera.

Un comité de la UNESCO evaluará el Teide como candidato a bien natural