. Carbon and biodiversity. A demonstration atlas. Carbon and biodiversity Country profile Bolivia Bolivia covers million km: of land across such varied terrain as the tropical Andes and Amazon rainforest, and is one of the most biodiverse countries in the world. The terrestrial ecosystems of Bolivia contain GtC. of which 10 Gt are in the highest carbon areas. Protected areas cover 18 per cent of the high carbon land As for Panama, areas of high species richness in Bolivia have been identified using NatureServe data. A Area protected too 75 sS 50 25 0 61,855km! 45,985km1 I I
. Carbon and biodiversity. A demonstration atlas. Carbon and biodiversity Country profile Bolivia Bolivia covers million km: of land across such varied terrain as the tropical Andes and Amazon rainforest, and is one of the most biodiverse countries in the world. The terrestrial ecosystems of Bolivia contain GtC. of which 10 Gt are in the highest carbon areas. Protected areas cover 18 per cent of the high carbon land As for Panama, areas of high species richness in Bolivia have been identified using NatureServe data. A Area protected too 75 sS 50 25 0 61,855km! 45,985km1 I If High carbon land High biodiversity land High carbon and high biodiversity land higher threshold of species richness was used in this case (the top fifth of cells - more than 725 species] to reflect the high levels of biodiversity in Bolivia. Of the high biodiversity areas identified according to this criterion, 21 per cent are contained within protected areas, as is 22 per cent of the land that is high in both carbon and biodiversity (see diagram, above]. W ./")â Carbon tonnes/ha Low 10-175] Medium (175-3131 High (313-6261 High biodiversity l>725 species) National protected areas. ,-F 0 50 100 150 200 250 km 5( 16. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Kapos, V. , Ravilious, C. , Campbell, A. , Dickson, B. , Gibbs, H. , Hansen, M. , Lysenko, I. , Miles, L. , Price, J. , Scharlemann, J. P. W. , Trumper, K. , UNEP-WCMC. UNEP-WCMC
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