| Red List Category & Criteria: |
Least Concern
ver 3.1
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| Year Published: |
2003 |
| Assessor/s: |
Farjon, A. |
| Reviewer/s: |
Farjon, A. & Gardner, M. (Conifer Red List Authority), Bramwell, D. (Macaronesian Plants Red List Authority) |
Justification:
Pinus canariensis is abundant on Tenerife and is clearly recovering from past over-cutting. Really big trees are rare because of past exploitation, enormous specimens are now 'monuments' for tourists to see. But trees in all age classes in extensive forests now occupy the entire pine belt ('Corona Forestal') on all sides of Pico del Teide on Tenerife. There is no evidence of cutting or recent fires and the authorities are well aware of the importance of retaining forest cover on the extremely permeable volcanic 'soil' of the island in order to ensure water supplies. Exploitation of its timber has been banned and this ban is strictly enforced. The situation is assumed to be the same on the other islands, except on Gomera where the species is absent.
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| History: |
| 2000 |
– |
Data Deficient
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| 1997 |
– |
Rare
(Walter and Gillett 1998)
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