We are creating the Mediterranean Green Belt, the largest green infrastructure in southern Europe. We have restored several degraded areas along the Spanish coast and in the Balearic Islands. We continue to restore other priority areas from southern Andalusia to the Pyrenees and Mallorca, including the Intercontinental Biosphere Reserve of the Mediterranean, near Marbella. The reserve is protected by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).

The Intercontinental Biosphere Reserve of the Mediterranean is one of the most important biosphere reserves in the world. It extends from Andalusia to the north of Morocco and includes the Strait of Gibraltar. The area north of Marbella of the Biosphere Reserve—province of Malaga—has suffered an important fire and desertification is progressing. The soil has difficulty recovering and animal life is still disrupted.