Next to the Laurisilva of Madeira (Portugal), Garajonay National Park preserves an outstanding example of this unique vegetation, which remains almost permanently shrouded in clouds and mist. On La Gomera, they are largely restricted to the national park where, as their names suggest, they live in the Laurel forest. Garajonay National Park contains the best-preserved examples of this evolution in the region, with a recorded flora of 450 vascular plant species, of which 34 are endemic to the island and eight found only in the national park. Protection and management requirementsGarajonay National Park was created by Spanish Law 3/81 and forms part of the Spanish National Park Network. An increase of the size of the National Park would be best, but a wide political and social consensus would be required for this project to come to fruition.