In a big conservation win, Serranía del Chiribiquete National Park, located in the heart of the Colombian Amazon, is officially the world’s LARGEST national park protecting a tropical rainforest!
Chiribiquete is home to thousands of species, dozens of them endemic and several threatened, including the lowland tapir, giant otter, the giant anteater, the woolly monkey, and the jaguar. It is also of vital importance to local indigenous communities, many of whom live in voluntary isolation.
This announcement marks the culmination of decades of efforts by environmental authorities and an alliance for the conservation of new protected areas in Colombia, supported by WWF. And that’s not all: this past weekend, Chiribiquete was also declared a UNESCO World Heritage site! Watch the video to discover more.
