Natural heritage
Natural heritage
Natural heritage includes everything that was created by nature and not by human hands.
- Land and sea areas or a combination thereof.
- Habitats (land and sea) [marítimo i tereste]of organisms such as plants, animals, microbes, etc. (biodiversity).
- Bushes and vegetation.
- Geological formations like: caves, mountains and plateaus, cavities, islands, peninsulas, bays.
- Holes, lagoons, natural dams, water resources.
- Sea, land, sand, sandstone and wind.
- All of this considering a vision of science, conservation and natural beauty.
Natural heritage includes:
Everything that contributes to maintain and feed life among the mechanisms in a certain area, namely:
- The life of plants, animals, microorganisms (ecosystem and biodiversity) [ekosistema i biodiversidat].
- Their mutual relationships and their relationships with that part of nature that doesn’t have life: water, land and light.
- Protected areas, natural parks, natural reserves, botanical gardens.
