The Laurisilva forest of Madeira is a living fossil — the largest surviving tract of laurel forest in the world, a UNESCO World Heritage ecosystem that once covered much of southern Europe 15–40 million years ago but now survives almost exclusively on the Atlantic island of Madeira, where it cloaks the island’s mountainous interior in […]
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Penyal D’ifac – the smallest protected area in Europe | Spain Updated: December 28, 2020 | By Claire | More Peñón de Ifach is a rock formation and protected Natural Park situated above the bay of Calpe, in Valencia region. It is also a symbol of this seaside town and also of the whole Costa […]
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