Candidatura Reserva da Biosfera - Santana Madeira Biosfera

circuit, are used in wine production for home consumption, known as a dry wine.
Moreover there are other varieties grown in smaller quantities, but because they aren’t
grown in other parts of the globe, form an unusual genetic pool of wine producing vines
of high biological value, which greatly contribute to the preservation of its genetic
biodiversity that is worth saving.
Figure 59. Wine plantation (Vitis vinifera)
Besides the huge native biological richness, the proposed biosphere reserve is
home to a wide variety of unique crop varieties, preserved through time by the
maintenance of intergenerational agricultural traditions, deserving special attention for its
contribution to the global genetic diversity preservation.
114 Application of Santana, Madeira to Biosphere Reserve – UNESCO - MAB