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The Canary Islands are to botany what the Galapagos islands are to zoology, because approximately 600 plant species that became extinct in the rest of the word during the ice age are still flourishing on these islands. OVer 100 species can only be found on Gran Canaria, which is why flights to Gran Canaria are very popular among biologists from all over the world. Almost half of the island's territory is under protection from the Canary Islands Network for Naturally Protected Areas (Red Canaria de Espacios Naturales Protegidos). The 33 protected sites (667 km2 in total) are divided in six categories:

Nature reserves (total 7,153 ha)

El Brezal

Azuaje

Los Tilos de Moya

Los Marteles

Las Dunas de Maspalomas

Guigui

Integral nature reserves (total 3,955,5 ha)

Inagua

Barranco Oscuro

Natural parks (total 13,333 ha)

Tamadaba

Pilancones

Rural parks (total 29,893.4 ha)

Nublo

Doramas

Natural monuments (total 5,264.9 ha)

Amagro

Bandama

Montanon Negro

Roque de Aguayro

Tauro

Arinaga

Barranco de Guayadeque

Riscos de Tirajana

Roque Nublo

Barranco del Draguillo

Protected landscapes (total 12,680.9 ha)

La Isleta (in the capital Las Palmas)

Pino Santo

Tafira

Las Cumbres

Lomo Magullo

Fataga

Montana de Aguimes

Sites of scientific interest (total 276.2 ha)

Jinamar

Tufia

Roque de Gando

Juncalillo del Sur