El Salvador
Specialities
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 ....Where
to find birds in El Salvador - by Oliver Komar. Information is
provided
on:
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El Imposible
National Park
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Montecristo
National Park
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Walter
Thilo Deininger National Park
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Perquín
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Complejo
Los Volcanes
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Coffee
Plantations (Finca La Giralda)
....The
Annotated Ramsar List of Wetlands of International Importance -
El
Salvador - brief information about Laguna del Jocotal.
....Eco
Travels in El Salvador - For its compact size, El Salvador certainly
has
many places to check out and deserves special attention. Within this Central
American country, you can find jungle, great beaches and best of all, a
growing environmental awareness. Urban pressures have claimed much of the
wilderness, but efforts are underway to protect what exists. There are
also sizeable reforestation campaigns.
...."Directly
north of the capital and not easy to reach, is the Montecristo
Cloud
Forest. Also called El Trifinio, it contains a variety of microclimates
and possibly the greatest diversity of wildlife in Central America. Open
only from October to March, the summit of Montecristo marks the point where
the borders of El Salvador, Honduras and Guatemala meet. The reserve is
protected by all three countries."
...."As
a consecuence of habitat destruction and excessive wood
exploitation, many mammals
proper to the highland have diminished notably, or simply have been exterminated(crested
eagles,jaguar,and others). In order to avoid and restore this damages,
reservations have been kept in the most appropriated areas where flora
and fauna are still intact and almost virgin. Among the most important
are Montecristo Cloud Forest, El Imposible Woods, Cerro Verde Mountain,
Deininger Park and El Jocotal Lagoon. Notwithstanding,small animals are
still abundant; there are over 400 different bird species, and among these
17 hummingbirds species which may be observed at Cerro Verde National Park."
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