Garajonay National Park is a protected area on La Gomera, one of the Canary Islands in Spain, covering the central highlands of the island. Its main treasure is a laurel forest, or laurisilva, a type of subtropical cloud forest that once covered much of southern Europe millions of years ago and now survives only in a few places in the Atlantic islands. Mist from the trade winds keeps the forest moist and covered with moss and ferns, and the park is home to many plants and animals found nowhere else. It was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1986. A large fire burned part of the park in 2012, and the forest is recovering slowly.
Before and after
- 1981Alan Guth proposes cosmic inflation
- 19811981 becomes the warmest year on record
- from 6 February 1981 to 25 January 1986Ugandan Bush War
- 17 February 1981Birth of Paris Hilton
- 25 March 1981Establishment of Garajonay National Park
- 30 March 1981Attempted assassination of Ronald Reagan
- from 6 April 1981 to 18 May 1991Somaliland War of Independence
- from 10 April 1981 to 12 April 19811981 Brixton riot
- 12 April 1981Launch of STS-1
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