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Colombia is one of seventeen megadiverse countries in the world. [7] The country in northwestern South America contains 311 types of coastal and continental ecosystems. [1] As of the beginning of 2021, a total of between 63,000 and 71,000 species are registered in the country, [8] [5] with 8803 endemic species, representing near the 14% of the total registered species. [6]
The documentary covers part of Colombian biodiversity in a narrative that contrasts places such as the depths of the Pacific Ocean on Malpelo Island, the arrival of humpback whales every year to the Utría National Park in Chocó, the footprints of Ciudad Perdida in the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, the flight of the condor in the El Cocuy National Park, the páramos of the Andes, the Sierra ...
According to the National Biodiversity Information System of Comisión Nacional para el Conocimiento y Uso de la Biodiversidad (CONABIO) in Volcán Tacaná Biosphere Reserve there are over 2,455 plant and animal species from which 185 are in at risk category and 48 are exotics. [3] [4]
CONABIO (2009). Sistema de Información sobre Especies Invasoras. Comisión Nacional para el Conocimiento y Uso de la Biodiversidad. Revisado en: www.biodiversidad.gob.mx; Conabio. (2015). Sistema de información sobre especies invasoras en México. Comisión Nacional para el Conocimiento y Uso de la Biodiversidad.
El Pinacate and Gran Desierto de Altar Biosphere Reserve (Spanish: Reserva de la Biosfera El Pinacate y Gran Desierto de Altar) is a biosphere reserve and UNESCO World Heritage Site [1] managed by the federal government of Mexico, specifically by Secretariat of the Environment and Natural Resources, in collaboration with the state governments of Sonora and the Tohono O'odham.
These forests are predominantly pine, juniper, fir, and oak.Ten pine species can be found in the ranges, including tamarack pine (Pinus contorta subsp. murrayana), sugar pine (Pinus lambertiana), Jeffrey pine (Pinus jefferyi), and Parry pinyon (Pinus quadrifolia), along with white fir (Abies concolor subsp. lowiana), and California incense cedar (Calocedrus decurrens). [3]
The dry forest area of southwestern Puerto Rico protected under the jurisdiction of the Guánica Dry Forest was first established in 1919 as a forest reserve. The United Nations recognized the ecological value of the forest in 1981 when it was designated a Biosphere Reserve, the second in Puerto Rico after El Yunque National Forest (then called the Caribbean National Forest).
Lagunas de Zempoala National Park is a natural protected area in Mexico that consists of a group of seven lagoons. In the Nahuatl language , "Zempoala" means "place of many waters." The park is located between the state of Morelos and the state of Mexico .