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Safeguarding Worlds Most Irreplaceable Protected Areas
2013-11-15 19:59:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Environment News Service: The world`s most irreplaceable site for threatened species is Colombia`s Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta Natural National Park, a fact that has emerged from new research identifying the protected areas most critical to preventing extinctions. The Santa Marta woodstar, a hummingbird endemic to Colombia`s Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta Natural National Park (Photo by L.E. Uruea / Birds of Colombia) Of the world`s 3,057 endangered species, 44 are found in this park near Colombia`s mountainous northern...
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