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Guatemala
Much of Guatemala’s population is centered within the hilly valleys in and around its capital, Guatemala City, and its neighboring mountainous highlands, leaving its northern highlands and southern coastal areas sparsely populated. The country’s 14 ecoregions include mangrove forests, wetlands, lakes, lagoons, rivers and swamps. Almost 7 percent of its 1,200-plus animals species and 13.5 percent of its 8,000-plus plant species are endemic — and some of those are threatened.
A national park's neighbors farm with both food and the rainforest in mind.
Debt-for-Nature Swap to the Rescue
The U.S. government is forgiving a $24 million debt to finance Guatemalan forest conservation.
Multimedia
Watch a slideshow of some of the landscapes, people, flora and fauna of Guatemala.
Around the Americas
Snakes and Frogs
If you think snakes and frogs are cute, you'll love the reptiles that are protected through our work to save Bolivia's forests.
Angel Falls
Learn more about the Venezuelan Amazon area where the tallest waterfall in the world is located, and what the Conservancy does to protect it.
Leading with Science
Science’s centrality to our mission and work means that none of our assumptions in the conservation world go unchallenged. Learn more about how science leads our conservation work.
Saving a Mysterious Monkey
Learn more about the Conservancy's efforts to track and protect the elusive Yunnan golden monkey.
Mark Godfrey Selects
Ever wonder how photographers get those great nature shots you see on nature.org? Or what photographic masters see in their favorite images? Now you can find out with an audio slideshow from The Nature Conservancy’s award-winning director of photography.
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We need to act now, before it's too late. Watch the Video, Take Action
We're addressing Latin America's most pressing conservation issues. Read the Story
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