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There are several protected areas of Guyana. The oldest protected area is the Kaieteur National Park which covers 627 square kilometres (242 sq mi). [1] In 2011, the National Protected Areas System (NPAS) was established. [2] As of 2020, about 8.4% of the country is protected. [3]
Protected areas of the Caribbean are significant in a region of particular ecological vulnerability, including the impact of climate change and the impact of tourism. [1]The University of the West Indies' "Caribbean Protected Areas Gateway" [2] supports informational resources for the 16 Caribbean member states of the Organisation of African, Caribbean and Pacific States.
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Haiti currently has 15 national parks, not including other protected areas: [7] La Visite National Park; Pic Macaya National Park; Grande Colline National Park; Grand Bois National Park; Deux Mamelles National Park; National History Park – Citadelle, Sans-Souci Palace [8] Martissant Urban National Park; Pélerin National Park; Canapé-Vert ...
Navassa Island (/ n ə ˈ v æ s ə /; Haitian Creole: Lanavaz; French: Île de la Navasse, sometimes la Navase) is a small uninhabited island in the Caribbean Sea.Located east of Jamaica, south of Cuba, and 40 nautical miles (74 km; 46 mi) west of Jérémie on the Tiburon Peninsula of Haiti, it is subject to an ongoing territorial dispute between Haiti and the United States, which administers ...
More than half a million Haitian refugees who sought shelter and stability in the United States will lose protection against deportation this summer under a policy change by the Trump administration.
In August 2013, the Port Salut/Aquin Protected Area (Aire Protégée de Ressources Naturelles Gérées de Port Salut/Aquin), was created in Southwestern Haiti. [2] Three Bays Protected Area (Aire Protégée de Ressources Naturelles Gérées des Trois Baies), located in northeastern Haiti, was created in December 2013.
The savannah is divided north from south, by the Kanuku Mountains, Guyana's most biologically diverse region. According to Conservation International, the "area supports a large percentage of Guyana’s biodiversity", including 250 species of bird life, 18 of which are native "only to the lowland forests of the Guianas." The savannah is teeming ...