Investment Strategy for the Caucasus Hotspot - WWF Conservation Projects (sitios de interés)

Limestone mountain range with high biodiversity, a potential nature reserve. Caucasus. Georgia. © WWF-Canon / Hartmut JUNGIUS

The forests, high mountain ecosystems and arid landscapes of the Caucasus contain more than twice the animal diversity found in adjacent regions of Europe and Asia. However, the biodiversity of the Caucasus is being lost at an alarming rate. Human activities have transformed nearly half of the lands. 51 species are at risk, including the critically endangered Saiga antelope, Siberian crane and Baltic (Atlantic) sturgeon.

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