Credit: Julie Larsen Maher (c)WCS
More than seven percent of the earth’s biodiversity exists in Central America, a region home to charismatic species such as the jaguar, white-lipped peccary, Baird’s tapir, and scarlet macaw. The region’s forests provide migratory birds with wintering grounds and flyways, protect vital ecosystem services and watersheds, and help mitigate the effects of climate change.