Bosawás Biosphere Reserve

Coordinates: 14°03′43″N 85°13′16″W / 14.062°N 85.221°W / 14.062; -85.221
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Bosawás Biosphere Reserve
IUCN category IV (habitat/species management area)[1]
Peñas Blancas, part of the Bosawás Biosphere Reserve
Map of Nicaragua
Map of Nicaragua
LocationNicaragua
Coordinates14°03′43″N 85°13′16″W / 14.062°N 85.221°W / 14.062; -85.221
Area20,000 km2 (7,700 sq mi)

The Bosawás Biosphere Reserve is a

Amazon Rainforest in Brazil.[2] Bosawás is largely unexplored, and is extremely rich in biodiversity
.

History

Located within the state of

subsistence farming within the boundaries, about 35,000 of them indigenous Miskito and Mayangna people.[citation needed
]

The Bosawás Biosphere Reserve developed over time out of conflicts between the

Sandinista government and indigenous Miskitu and Mayangna. As part of the peace process coming out of armed conflict between the Sandanistas and the Mayangna and Miskitu, the Nicaraguan government signed the 1987 Autonomy Law of the Atlantic Coast of Nicaragua (Law 28) that formally recognized indigenous and Afro-descendant communities' territorial rights in the region.[4] The subsequent Chamorro government set aside three large reserves, Bosawás being the largest, with its nucleus comprising approximately 7% of Nicaragua's total land area (the rest constitutes the reserve's buffer zone). The creation of Bosawás, declared without indigenous consultation, was initially considered a violation of the region's constitutionally guaranteed territorial autonomy.[3] However, after negotiation and consultation with local Mayangna and Miskitu communities, by the late 1990s, indigenous territorial boundaries were demarcated, title was granted to the indigenous communities, and the idea of Bosawás as a biosphere reserve was embraced.[5]

In January 2020, as part of an ongoing series of murders of indigenous people in Bosawás over land conflicts, several Mayangna people living in Bosawás were killed and kidnapped by mestizo settlers (colonos) seeking to steal indigenous land.[6] This has repeated many times, including the August 2021 massacre of nine indigenous people and sexual assaults of indigenous women in Sauni As. [7]

Etymology

The name is derived from three natural features: The Bocay River, Mount Saslaya and the Waspuk River. It includes all of Nicaragua's

Cordillera Isabella crosses the reserve area, and the Coco River forms the northern border with Honduras
.

Flora and fauna

Bosawás has an estimated of 10,000 km2 of forest.

The

Tapirus bairdii) are their favorite prey.[8]

The Saslaya moss salamander (Nototriton saslaya) is named after Mount Saslaya.[9] Its entire range is within the Bosawás Biosphere Reserve.[10]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Bosawas". DOPA Explorer. Retrieved 6 January 2024.
  2. ^ Science Show – 19 August 2006 – Bosawas Bioreserve Nicaragua
  3. ^
    ISBN 0-415-15444-8
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  4. doi:10.1111/blar.12365
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  5. doi:10.13140/RG.2.2.18666.52165
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  6. ^ "Nicaragua: Six indigenous people reportedly killed in attack". BBC News. 30 January 2020.
  7. ^ Bachelet, Michelle. "UN High Commissioner on Human Rights". United Nations Human Rights Office of the High Commissioner. United Nations. Retrieved 23 February 2022.
  8. ^ "Bosawas: Flora y Fauna" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2007-06-22. Retrieved 2007-06-12.
  9. S2CID 86343698
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  10. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-2.RLTS.T59301A54379058.en
    . Retrieved 28 April 2023.

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