Bosawas Biosphere Reserve

The Bosawás Biosphere Reserve, located in the northern section of Nicaragua's state of Jinotega, is a mountainous tropical forest that was classified as a UNESCO biosphere reserve in 1997. The reserve, which is over 2 million hectares in size, accounts for nearly 15% of the country's total land area. It is the second-largest rainforest in the Western Hemisphere, after the Amazon in Brazil, when combined with the biosphere of the banana river in Honduras, which is adjacent to the jungle of the Bosawás reserve. Bosawás is largely uncharted territory with a diverse ecosystem.

The tropical forest is the world's most diverse biome, with estimates claiming that Bosawas is home to 13% of all known species on the globe. There are a large number of quetzals in the area. Due to high humidity levels, the arboreal composition of the Reserve's woodlands does not vary significantly, which is a beneficial feature for biodiversity conservation. The forests that display an excellent level of conservation in the reserve's core regions, surrounded by an area with intervention areas, are located in the reserve's core regions. Lower Sub-Perennial Forest, Lower Sub-Perennial Forest, Lower Sub-Perennial Forest, Upper Sub-Perennial Forest, Upper Sub-Perennial Forest, Upper Sub-Perennial Forest, Upper Sub-Perennial Forest, Upper Sub-Perennial Forest, Upper Perennial Forest, Lower Sub-Perennial Forest, Lower Sub-Perennial Forest, Lower Sub-Perennial Forest, Lower Sub-Perennial Forest, Lower Sub-Perennial Forest.