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NATURE & WILDLIFE
mesoamerica: the guardians

of the forest

Some 5 million years ago, Central America rose

above sea level to create a natural bridge
between the northern and southern parts of the
American continent.
“A journey into the heart

For the first time, monkeys and sloths from the south, Duration
squirrels, and raccoons from the north, along with 3x60’
1x60’
thousands of other animal and vegetable species, were of the five great forests of
able to share a common territory in the brand-new forests Credits
of Central America. The Isthmus became the third most Bamboo Doc Central America.”
biodiverse region in the world.
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This biodiversity is, however, coming under increasing 2024
threat having dramatically reduced in size. Only five Central
American forests remain from the huge biological gateway. Definition
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Fragmented and threatened by intensive logging, these
forests must be allowed to grow back and connect again.
This can only be done with the help of their faithful allies –
the animals that live within them.

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