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Indio Maíz/Tortuguero
Proportion of the area of the contribution comprising Key Biodiversity Areas: 12.3%
Indio Maíz-Tortuguero is a critical stronghold for wildlife within the Mesoamerican Biological Corridor. This Delaware-sized group of reserves and indigenous territories includes some of the most pristine forest remaining in Nicaragua, and Costa Rica’s Tortuguero National Park. The Indio Maíz -Tortuguero forest landscape contains a mosaic of upland forests, swamps, mangroves and beaches famous for their sea turtle nesting sites.
Potential conservation benefits in saving biodiversity
Potential reduction of species extinction risk resulting from threat abatement actions
Absolute value (STAR)
0.1% of the total biodiversity conservation potential of The Americas is covered by this project.
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.