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Selva tropical de la Biosfera de rio plátano The major ecosystems include mangrove and freshwater swamps and marshes, sedge prairie, pine savanna, and gallery forest. There is a diverse amount of flora, estimated at over 2,000 species of vascular plants, [ 4 ] although little has been written about it because many species are new or undiscovered.
According to the National Biodiversity Information System of Comisión Nacional para el Conocimiento y Uso de la Biodiversidad (CONABIO) in Papigochic Flora and Fauna Protection Area there are over 665 plant and animal species from which 40 are in at risk category and 14 are exotics.
Terrestrial ecosystems occupy 55,660,000 mi 2 (144,150,000 km 2), or 28.26% of Earth's surface. [5] Major plant taxa in terrestrial ecosystems are members of the division Magnoliophyta (flowering plants), of which there are about 275,000 species, and the division Pinophyta (conifers), of which there are about 500 species.
The Mache-Chindul Ecological Reserve (Spanish: Reserva Ecológica Mache-Chindul) is an ecological reserve in the provinces of Esmeraldas and Manabí, Ecuador.It protects a mountainous area in the transition from tropical rain forest in the north to dry forest in the south.
Ecosystem services or eco-services are defined as the goods and services provided by ecosystems to humans. [3] Per the 2006 Millennium Ecosystem Assessment (MA), ecosystem services are "the benefits people obtain from ecosystems".
The Parque Nacional de las Cavernas del Río Camuy (English: Camuy River Cave National Park) is a cave system in Puerto Rico. It is located between the municipalities of Camuy , Hatillo , and Lares in northwestern Puerto Rico , but the main entrance to the park is located in Quebrada, Camuy.
Tablas de Daimiel National Park (Parque Nacional de las Tablas de Daimiel) is a wetland on the La Mancha plain, a mainly arid area in the province of Ciudad Real. With an area of about 3,000 hectares, the park is the smallest of Spain's fifteen national parks. [ 3 ]
San San-Pond Sak is a wetland lagoon area in Panama, spanning 16,125 hectares (39,850 acres), it is the home of the Bocatorian and Ngäbe indigenous people.. The lagoon is listed by the Ramsar Convention group as a site of international importance and is maintained by the local organization AAMVECONA (Association of Friends and Neighbors of the Coast and Nature).