ARTENARA, Spain: A wildfire that has raged across vast areas of the Spanish holiday island of Gran Canaria since the weekend has abated as winds have dropped, limiting damage to protected areas, local officials said on Tuesday .
The decline in wind speeds prevented the blaze, Spain's worst wildfire this year, from entering the Inagua national reserve, which is home to the blue chaffinch, a rare native bird species.There are only some 400 blue chaffinch left. Inagua was partly burned down in another major fire in 2007. The people who were evacuated will be able to start returning to their homes on Tuesday, Torres said.
Gran Canaria boasts breathtaking views and diverse microclimates which make it very popular with hikers. "Tamadaba is one of the great reservoirs of biodiversity in Gran Canaria," Manuel Nogales of the Spanish National Research Council told AFP. "Tambada is a hotspot for biodiversity. There are many species of plants, vertebrate, insects, fungus and microorganisms which was only be found in the park," he told AFP.
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