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世界遗产档案
加勒比海地区与世隔绝，有着复杂的地质和多变的地形，这些因素促生了生态系统和物种的多样性，使这里成为地球上生物种类最丰富的热带岛屿之一。许多岩石对植物来说都是有毒的，这迫使岛屿的物种逐渐适应在恶劣的环境下生存。这种独特的进化过程使加勒比海地区形成了许多新的物种，而这个国家公园也是西半球最重要的保护本土植物资源的保护区之一。公园里的当地特有脊椎动物和无脊椎动物数量众多。
UNESCO 官方中文展开英文原文
Complex geology and varied topography have given rise to a diversity of ecosystems and species unmatched in the insular Caribbean and created one of the most biologically diverse tropical island sites on earth. Many of the underlying rocks are toxic to plants so species have had to adapt to survive in these hostile conditions. This unique process of evolution has resulted in the development of many new species and the park is one of the most important sites in the Western Hemisphere for the conservation of endemic flora. Endemism of vertebrates and invertebrates is also very high.