World’s largest protected rainforest declared in Colombia

Colombia’s Serrania del Chiribiquete has been declared the world’s largest tropical rainforest national park following decades of efforts by environmental experts and conservationists. The park, which is home to nearly 3,000 animal and plant species, has been expanded by more than 50 per cent – an area equivalent to the size of Northern Ireland. Its forests provide a home to rare and iconic species including jaguars, manatees and vulnerable brown woolly monkeys.

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