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Middle Magdalena
Proportion of the area of the contribution comprising Key Biodiversity Areas: 11.4%
Magdalena Medio is a region in which forests and wetlands, still conserved, are home to a high biological diversity. There, wild flora and fauna are represented in more than 150 mammal species, more than 630 bird species, more than 120 reptile species, more than 50 amphibian species, more than 120 fish species and more than 4000 vascular plant (plants with seeds and ferns) species. Many of those plants and animals live only in the Magdalena Medio and are not found anywhere else on the planet. Therefore, their conservation is a priority.
Potential conservation benefits in saving biodiversity
Potential reduction of species extinction risk resulting from threat abatement actions
Absolute value (STAR)
0.4% of the total biodiversity conservation potential of Colombia is covered by this project.
15.7% of The Americas's biodiversity conservation potential is from Colombia.
45.4% of global biodiversity conservation potential is from The Americas.
The chart below represents the relative disaggregation of the selected contribution's total potential opportunity for reducing global species extinction risk through taking actions to abate different threats to species within its boundaries. The percentages refer to the amount of the total opportunity that could potentially be achieved through abating that particular threat.