Guatemala

Guatemala is a coastal country bordering the North Pacific Ocean in Central America. Tropical forests and two mountain ranges cross the country. Most of the country is used for human activities, in its majority by rainfed agriculture. Guatemala has high biodiversity rarity of terrestrial land vertebrates at a global scale. When analysed as single taxons, the rarity of amphibians, birds, mammals and reptiles is also high. The rarity of marine fish and mammals is also high. Challenges to biodiversity include deforestation; soil erosion; water pollution.