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National Park Sierra del Lacandón

Les noms des biens figurent dans la langue dans laquelle les Etats parties les ont soumis.

Guatemala (Amérique latine et Caraïbes)

Date de soumission : 23/09/2002
Critères:
Catégorie : Mixte
Soumission préparée par :
Ministry of Culture and Sports
Coordonnées
Northwest of the municipality of La Libertad, El Petén’s Department
Ref.: 1766

Description

It is one of the seven areas nucleus of the Reservation of the Mayan Biósfera (RBM), for what National Park was named. To simbolize the biggest extension of Humid Subtropical Forest in Central America.

At the present time it is the only natural bridge that allows to connect the mountainous ecosystems of the northeast of Chiapas with the rest of the forest ecosystems and humedales of the low lands of Petén.