Río Plátano Biosphere Reserve

NaturalIn Danger
Río Plátano Biosphere Reserve
Photo: Hjvannes at Dutch Wikipedia / CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
Country Honduras
Year inscribed1982
Criteria(vii) (viii) (ix) (x)

Overview

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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Source: UNESCO World Heritage List — CC BY-SA 4.0