Tropical cloud forests

Have you ever heard of cloud forests? These intriguing ecosystems only represent 2% of the world’s tropical forests. And yet, they are important treasure houses of biodiversity and suppliers of large volumes of high-quality stream-flow. However, these cloud forests are among the most threatened forest ecosystems in the work. In this film scientists try to unravel the secrets of these amazing ecosystems and understand how forest protection works in Costa Rica.

Cloud forests represent a rare and fragile ecosystem that is under threat in many parts of the world. These rich mountain forests make up no more than 2.5 per cent of the world's tropical forests but contain a disproportionately large number of the world's species. The Cloud Forest Agenda report aims to stimulate new initiatives and partnerships for the conservation and restoration of tropical montane cloud forests around the world.

Esta obra incluye 19 capítulos (de 32 autores de varios países) divididos en dos secciones: 1. Aspectos generales y 2. El Caribe y los países del continente americano. La obra trata los bosques nublados de las Antillas, México, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panamá, Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Perú, Bolivia y Argentina. Cada capítulo trata temas diversos, como ambiente físico, biodiversidad, biogeografía, estructura, productividad, dinámica forestal, ecología, socioeconomía, uso de la tierra, conservación y desarrollo sostenible.