https://padlet.com/mary_foster_676/cs3yixeuqy3 A Biodiversity Hotspot en-us 2017-11-10 04:34:45 UTC 2026-03-15 09:28:21 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Xmastree.png mary_foster_676 https://padlet.com/mary_foster_676/cs3yixeuqy3/wish/205574536 This region spans the Andes Mountains of Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, and the northern tropical portions within Argentina and Chile.
One endemic plant species is the Andean bromeliad, and one endemic animal species is the yellow-tailed woolly monkey.]]> 2017-11-10 04:46:10 UTC https://padlet.com/mary_foster_676/cs3yixeuqy3/wish/205574536 mary_foster_676 https://padlet.com/mary_foster_676/cs3yixeuqy3/wish/205574831 Transitional stage of socioeconomic development, representing a less developed nation with many in primary and secondary sector jobs, with a declining death rate yet a persistently high birth rate that keeps the growth rate of this region relatively high.]]> 2017-11-10 04:49:32 UTC https://padlet.com/mary_foster_676/cs3yixeuqy3/wish/205574831 mary_foster_676 https://padlet.com/mary_foster_676/cs3yixeuqy3/wish/205574874 In the cloud forests, agriculture, deforestation, dams, and road building are the most significant threats. At higher altitudes, seasonal burning, grazing, agriculture, mining, and fuelwood collection have degraded the land.
Also, oil exploration and development on the eastern slopes of the Andes and the adjacent Amazonian lowlands of Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Bolivia have in recent years become more alarming. ]]> 2017-11-10 04:50:08 UTC https://padlet.com/mary_foster_676/cs3yixeuqy3/wish/205574874 mary_foster_676 https://padlet.com/mary_foster_676/cs3yixeuqy3/wish/205576140  A network of protected areas today conserves some of the most important remaining intact ecosystems in the hotspot, and conservation efforts in the Tropical Andes have focused on the need to add to and connect this network of protected areas. By connecting existing parks through corridors of protected areas and biodiversity-friendly, sustainable development projects, ecological processes like migration, dispersal, and gene flow among populations are enhanced.]]> 2017-11-10 05:06:37 UTC https://padlet.com/mary_foster_676/cs3yixeuqy3/wish/205576140 mary_foster_676 https://padlet.com/mary_foster_676/cs3yixeuqy3/wish/205576867 It is the most biologically diverse hotspot in the world due to the extreme variation in topography and climate due to varying elevation.]]> 2017-11-10 05:19:58 UTC https://padlet.com/mary_foster_676/cs3yixeuqy3/wish/205576867 mary_foster_676 https://padlet.com/mary_foster_676/cs3yixeuqy3/wish/205577025 2017-11-10 05:22:16 UTC https://padlet.com/mary_foster_676/cs3yixeuqy3/wish/205577025 mary_foster_676 https://padlet.com/mary_foster_676/cs3yixeuqy3/wish/205577204 2017-11-10 05:25:22 UTC https://padlet.com/mary_foster_676/cs3yixeuqy3/wish/205577204 mary_foster_676 https://padlet.com/mary_foster_676/cs3yixeuqy3/wish/205577277 2017-11-10 05:26:48 UTC https://padlet.com/mary_foster_676/cs3yixeuqy3/wish/205577277