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Area de Conservación Guanacaste
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Area de Conservación Guanacaste

瓜纳卡斯特自然保护区

The official record, selection criteria and sourced cultural context.

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World Heritage record

The Area de Conservación Guanacaste (inscribed in 1999), was extended with the addition of a 15,000 ha private property, St Elena. It contains important natural habitats for the conservation of biological diversity, including the best dry forest habitats from Central America to northern Mexico and key habitats for endangered or rare plant and animal species. The site demonstrates significant ecological processes in both its terrestrial and marine-coastal environments.

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Wikidata reference

QIDQ775154

Area147000 ha

Administrative areaQ690026

WikipediaArea de Conservación Guanacaste World Heritage Site

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Selection criteria

This property was inscribed under the following World Heritage Convention criteria.

(ix)Outstanding ecological and biological processes in the evolution of terrestrial, freshwater, coastal and marine ecosystems.
(x)The most important natural habitats for in-situ conservation of biological diversity.

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Brief synthesis The Area de Conservación Guanacaste comprises 147,000 hectares of land and sea in the Northwest of Costa Rica.

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