Redes Biosphere Reserve

UNESCO Biosphere Reserve, inscribed 2001, in Spain. The Redes Biosphere Reserve is the third biosphere reserve in the Cantabrian mountain range in the Province of Asturias. It is characterised by great biological and cultural diversity and is part of the effort to create a Gran Cantabrian Biosphere Reserve together with Somiedo and Muniellos, which would be the first biosphere reserve in Europe to cover an entire ‘ecoregion’. Redes comprises two areas characteristic of the Cantabrian Mountains: the karst limestone areas in the eastern regions, and the silica, quartzite, slate and sandstone areas in the west.