Terrestrial environment

The terrestrial environment, despite being just 14% of the Park's territory, is the subject of continuous study and important conservation work because it is the area with the greatest public use. Therefore, conservation tasks are mainly focussed on protection and improvement of the islands' flora.

Two emblematic National Park species, namely; Cytisus insularis, the only endemic species in the Park, and Corema album, were the subject of an ex-situ breeding programme, to both safeguard the genetic stock of the populations and ensure their very existence, because both species displayed a troubling declining state and lack of vigour in the last two years.

Monitoring of the phytosanitary status of woodland masses continues as usual, save for the incorporation for the first time, of pine nematode monitoring, which fortunately gave negative results.