LAC Collection: Protected Areas and Biosphere Reserves
- Latin America and Caribbean Countries ordered by size of Protected Areas
- Latin America and Caribbean Countries ordered by percentage of Protected Area
- Natural World Heritage Sites
- Country Protected Areas profiles:
5. Selected Protected areas:
Mexico and Central America:
- Belize: Belize Barrier Reef Reserve System
- Costa Rica: Area de Conservación Guanacaste
- Guatemala: Tikal National Park
- Honduras: Río Plátano Biosphere Reserve
- Mexico: Islands and Protected Areas of the Gulf of California, Sian Ka'an Biosphere Reserve, Whale Sanctuary of El Vizcaíno
- Panama: Coiba National Park and its Special Zone of Marine Protection, Darién National Park
Caribbean:
- Cuba: Alejandro de Humbodlt National Park
- Dominica: Morne Trois Pitons
- Puerto Rico: Jobos Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve
- Saint Lucia: Pitons Management Area
South America:
- Argentina: Ischigualasto-Talampaya, Península Valdés
- Brazil: Central Amazonian Conservation Complex, Cerrado Protected Areas, Discovery Coast Atlantic Forest Reserves, Jaú National Park, Pantanal Conservation Complex, Southeast Atlantic Forest Reserves
- Colombia: Los Katíos National Park, Malpelo Island Flora and Fauna Sanctuary
- Ecuador: Galápagos National Park & Galápagos Marine Resources Reserve, Sangay National Park
- Peru: Huascaran National Park, Manu National Park, Rio Abiseo National Park
- Suriname: Central Suriname Nature Reserve
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Citation
Elisa Triana (Lead Author); Juan Pablo Arce (Topic Editor). 2009. "LAC Collection: Protected Areas and Biosphere Reserves." In: Encyclopedia of Earth. Eds. Cutler J. Cleveland (Washington, D.C.: Environmental Information Coalition, National Council for Science and the Environment). [First published in the Encyclopedia of Earth May 8, 2009; Last revised May 27, 2009; Retrieved November 21, 2009]. <http://www.eoearth.org/article/LAC_Collection:_Protected_Areas_and_Biosphere_Reserves>