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This is a list of ecoregions in Ecuador. Terrestrial. Ecuador is in the Neotropical realm. Ecoregions are listed by biome. [1]
The Environment of Ecuador contains almost 20,000 species of plants, 1,500 species of birds, 341 species of mammals and more than 840 species of reptiles and amphibians. [1] It includes World Heritage Sites like the Galápagos Islands , and magnificent parks such as the Yasuni National Park .
The Pacific Equatorial Forest (also known as the Pacific Forest of Ecuador) is a tropical forest ecosystem located along Ecuador's coastal mountain range at 0° latitude, primarily concentrated in northwestern Manabí. The ecosystem is most notable for its high diversity of forest types in unusually close proximity.
Ecuador has completed its second debt-for-nature swap, this time unlocking $460 million to protect and manage the forests and wetlands of its Amazon rainforest, NGO The Nature Conservancy said on ...
Ecuador, [a] officially the Republic of Ecuador, [b] is a country in northwestern South America, ... and the type of ecosystem of the land to be protected, ...
The mangroves are found along the coast of Ecuador and cover an area of 400 square miles (1,000 km 2). There are two sub-regions. The Cojimíes sub-region in Esmeraldas Province lies between the Muisne River to the north and the town of Pedernales to the south. [1] It transitions into the Western Ecuador moist forests ecoregion to the
Western Ecuador moist forests This page was last edited on 24 October 2020, at 07:28 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 ...
The Galápagos Islands and the surrounding waters represent one of the world’s most unusual ecosystems and are rich areas of biodiversity. Recently granted UNESCO World Heritage Site status, the Galápagos Marine Reserve is the largest marine reserve in a developing country and the second largest reserve in the world.