What the records say
- When
- since 2021
- Kind
- World Heritage in danger
- Coordinates
- 15.74° N, 84.67° W
Río Plátano Biosphere Reserve
UNESCO World Heritage Site
The Río Plátano Biosphere Reserve is a protected area in the Gracias a Dios department region on the Caribbean coast of Honduras. With a total area of 5,250 square kilometers (2,030 mi2), most of the reserve runs along the Río Plátano. The reserve has a number of endangered species and some of the largest remnants of tropical forest in Central America.
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- UNESCO World Heritage List 2021UNESCO World Heritage CentreCreative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 IGO
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