The
Central Suriname Nature Reserve was created in 1998 by
Conservation InternationalConservation International is a nonprofit organization headquartered in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area, that seeks to protect Earth's biodiversity "hotspots," high-biodiversity wilderness areas as well as important marine regions around the globe...
and the government of
SurinameSuriname , officially the Republic of Suriname, is a country in northern South America....
. It was designated a UNESCO
World Heritage SiteA UNESCO World Heritage Site is a site that is on the list that is maintained by the international World Heritage Programme administered by the UNESCO World Heritage Committee, composed of 21 state parties which are elected by their General Assembly for a four-year term.A World Heritage Site is a...
in 2000 for its pristine tropical rainforest ecosystem, and contains 16,000 square kilometres of both montane and lowland primary tropical forest including sections of the Guyana Highlands.
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The
Central Suriname Nature Reserve was created in 1998 by
Conservation InternationalConservation International is a nonprofit organization headquartered in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area, that seeks to protect Earth's biodiversity "hotspots," high-biodiversity wilderness areas as well as important marine regions around the globe...
and the government of
SurinameSuriname , officially the Republic of Suriname, is a country in northern South America....
. It was designated a UNESCO
World Heritage SiteA UNESCO World Heritage Site is a site that is on the list that is maintained by the international World Heritage Programme administered by the UNESCO World Heritage Committee, composed of 21 state parties which are elected by their General Assembly for a four-year term.A World Heritage Site is a...
in 2000 for its pristine tropical rainforest ecosystem, and contains 16,000 square kilometres of both montane and lowland primary tropical forest including sections of the Guyana Highlands.
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