Grazalema Natural Park is located in the north east of the province of Cadiz and in the north west of Malaga. A secure Zone for Birds, the Park spreads over 51,695 hectares and has the greatest ecological importance in the south of the peninsula and therefore of great significance in Spain .
Grazalema Natural Park has the highest rainfall (an annual average of over2,000 litres per square metre)in the Iberian Peninsula and is the most important western massif of the Subbetica range. Heavy rainfall and limestone terrain have created a limestone landscape rich in slopes, grottoes, caves and winding gorges.
Main activities are centred on woodcutting and cattle farming . The manufacture of woolen shawls and leather products are included in industrial activities; other sources of income are tourism, hunting and recreational fishing.The Sierra del Pinar forest is an important forest of Spanish firs considered as a vegetational relic of the tertiary period.
Initial eco-development experiments and other development initiatives have been carried out here. One of the main objectives in its management is to maintain a balance between human activity and the natural environment.
