On October 7, 1993, Lanzarote was declared a Biosphere Reserve by UNESCO, becoming the second one in the Canary Islands.
But the Lanzarote declaration adds a new component: for the first time a territory as a whole, including all its population centers, is declared by UNESCO as a Biosphere Reserve.
The perfect symbiosis achieved in Lanzarote between man and nature is, without a doubt, the main cause of this international recognition.