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Río Plátano Biosphere Reserve, Honduras

An Indigenous person boating on the Río Patuca that is part of the reserve.
An Indigenous person boating on the Río Patuca that is part of the reserve. Photo: Wikimedia Commons

Río Plátano has seen tree cover fall even more sharply than Sumatra. The Honduran biosphere has seen a staggering 20% of its tree cover disappear since 2001. Deforestation is the major driver behind this region turning into a source of greenhouse gas emissions.

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