Map showing a summary of about 145 protected areas in the Mesoamerican Biological Corridor in 2001 (Source: MBC, 2010)
The Mesoamerican Biological Corridor (MBC), also known as Path of the Panther - Paseo Pantera, is an international land-use planning system, considered to be one of 25 biodiversity hotspots in the world, due to the high concentration of biological diversity within its relatively small area (Conservation International, 2012). It was formally endorsed by the Central American heads of state in 1997 to support the free transboundary movement of the Jaguar Panthera onca. It has since become a large ecological network which promotes the conservation and sustainable use of the region’s natural resources (Marynowski, 1992).
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