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SOUTH AMERICA

atlantic forest

The Atlantic Forest maintains extraordinary levels of biological wealth. It’s also home to approximately 70 percent of Brazil’s 176 million people.

tropical andes

Sometimes called the "global epicenter of biodiversity," the Tropical Andes is the biologically richest and most diverse of Earth's biodiversity hotspots.

tumbes-choco-magdalena

This hotspot stretches from the southeast of Mesoamerica to the northwestern corner of South America, along the western coastal flank of the Andes mountains.