The Long Run

Caiman Ecological Refuge Supports the Pantanal’s Hyacinth Macaw Project

26.10.2009

Brazil stands at first place as regards megadiversity: it possesses between 15 and 20% of the total Earth species, given that 20-22% are of plant species, approximately 10% of amphibians and mammals and 17% of birds of the planet. Concerning the Parrot family [crooked beak species], it is the richest country with 72 species, some of them being endemic. For the biodiversity conservation, the situation is not the best due the loss of habitat area and mischaracterisation of the main biomes.

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