TECHO wants to support affected families by providing food kits and also provide support through the construction of emergency housing. Additionally, the region has been beset by issues of poverty and guerilla violence since long before the hurricane hit, so it's much more vulnerable than other parts of the continent Solution About 30% of the 13,335 sq km (5,149 sq mi) of the ecoregion in Panama is protected to some extent, though, in Colombia, the total protected area is under 3%.Hurricane Iota has affected several countries in Latin America, but in Choco, where the landscape is dominated by rainforests, flash flooding and heavy rainfall is expected to continue for at least the next 30 days. The primary threat to this ecoregion is deforestation. Still, the central part of the ecoregion is relatively intact. There are threats from logging for paper pulp, uncontrolled gold mining, coca growing, and industrialization. The northern and southern parts of the ecoregion have been considerably modified for ranching and farming. The ecoregion has a high diversity of fauna, with many endemic species. There are at least 8,000 vascular plant species in the Chocó-Darién moist forests, of which almost 20% are found nowhere else. As a result, its biological distinctiveness is outstanding worldwide, with incredible biological, ecological, and evolutionary biodiversity. The ecoregion exhibits abundance and endemism over many taxons, including plants, birds, amphibians, and butterflies. The north and south are comparatively drier, and some parts have short dry seasons from January to March. The central region receives the most rain, in some areas as high as 13,000 mm (510 in). The mountainous areas include the western slopes of the Cordillera Occidental in Colombia and land massifs such as Cerro Torrá, Serranía del Darién, Sierra Llorona de San Blas and Serranía del Baudó.Īnnual temperatures average 23.6 ☌ (74.5 ☏), ranging from a minimum of 18.6 ☌ (65.5 ☏) to a maximum of 30 ☌ (86 ☏). The jungles along the Pacific slope from 500 - 1,000 m (1,640 - 3,280 ft) in elevation The hills of Carmen del Atrato and the San José del Palmar area The central strip, including the northern wet forests, the central rainforests and the San Juan River area The coastal zone along the Pacific coast, generally up to 500 m (1,640 ft) in elevation The northern coast, with the hill country areas of Darién and Urabá It lies between the Pacific Ocean and the western range of the Andes Mountains, from west of the mouth of the Atrato River in Panama to the Patia River in Colombia. The Chocó-Darién moist forests encompass a strip of land from sea level to an elevation of approximately 1,000 m (3,280 ft). The ecoregion extends from eastern Panama, in the provinces of Darién and Kuna-Yala, along almost the entire Pacific Coast of Colombia, in the departments of Chocó, Cauca, Valle del Cauca and Nariño. The Chocó-Darién moist forests ecoregion, in the west of Colombia and east of Panama, is considered one of the most species-rich lowland areas in the world.

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