WWF in Central America
About the region
With its headquarters in San José, Costa Rica, WWF Central America is the only WWF Latin American regional program covering 7 countries which, although very different, form an interconnected mosaic: a land and seascape that act as a bridge between the South and North poles of the American continent, as well as between the 2 largest oceans in the world.
The countries that make up the region are: Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Panama. Together, they support 7% of the Earth's species within a biological corridor that plays a vital role in the maintenance of long-term evolutionary processes in the Western Hemisphere.
The Central American region is geographically diverse, from volcanoes, rift lakes, and coral reefs to wetlands, semi-deserts, rainforests, and the world's second largest barrier reef system, the Mesoamerican Reef.
Working with, and for the local communities
WWF Central America recognizes that economic development is not only imperative to meet human needs, to improve the living conditions of those who depend on natural resources and a healthy environment, but also responsible for the degradation of these same resources due to unsustainable practices.
