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CEPF is no longer active in this region. Spanning most of Central America, the Mesoamerica biodiversity hotspot encompasses all subtropical and tropical ecosystems from central Mexico to the Panama Canal. This includes all of Guatemala, Belize, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua and Costa Rica, as well as a third of Mexico and nearly two-thirds of Panama. The hotspot harbors the highest montane forests of Central America, with the most extensive and best-protected cloud forests.
and seasonal forest formerly covered most of lowland Java. The best-studied seasonal forest, Panamaâs Barro Colorado Island (Figure 1), is at 9 N, but in Central America, seasonal forest extends to Belize (18 N). Dry forest occurs at higher latitudes than most seasonal forest, as does Thailandâs Huai Kha Khaeng (16 N), and in