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Río Plátano Biosphere Reserve
Honduras
Date of Inscription: 1982
Criteria: (vii)(viii)(ix)(x) Core zone: 500000 ha Northeast of the country in the area known as the “Mosquitia Hondureña” N15 44 40 W84 40 30 Ref: 196 |
Brief Description
Located on the watershed of the Río Plátano, the reserve is one of the few remains of a tropical rainforest in Central America and has an abundant and varied plant and wildlife. In its mountainous landscape sloping down to the Caribbean coast, over 2,000 indigenous people have preserved their traditional way of life.
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