Biosphere Reserve
| Sierra de las Minas biosphere reserve |
|
| VI | |
| The reserve has a significant Margay population | |
| Country | Guatemala |
|---|---|
| Region | Alta Verapaz, Baja Verapaz, El Progreso, Zacapa, Izabal |
| Highest point | Cerro Raxón |
| - elevation | 3,015 m (9,892 ft) |
| Lowest point | |
| - elevation | 150 m (492 ft) |
| Area | 2,408 km2 (930 sq mi) |
| Biome | – Subtropical thorn forest – Premontane dry subtropical forest – Premontane tropical wet forest – Lower montane subtropical moist forest – Cloud forest |
| IUCN category | VI - Managed Resource Protected Area |
| Website: Defensores de la Naturaleza | |
In 1990, a substantial part of the Sierra de las Minas (2,408.03 km2 or 929.75 sq mi, including buffer zones and transition areas) was designated a biosphere reserve.
Read more about this topic: Sierra De Las Minas
Famous quotes containing the word reserve:
“Mutual repect implies discretion and reserve even in love itself; it means preserving as much liberty as possible to those whose life we share. We must distrust our instinct of intervention, for the desire to make one’s own will prevail is often disguised under the mask of solicitude.”
—Henri-Frédéric Amiel (1821–1881)