Nicaragua

Nicaragua is located in Central America, bordering the North Pacific Ocean on its west coast and the Caribbean Sea of the Atlantic Ocean in the east. Central mountains form the country’s interior, and a volcanic range marks the Pacific Coast. Lago de Nicaragua is Central America’s biggest freshwater lake. Most of the country is used for human activities, in its majority by rainfed agriculture. Nicaragua has high biodiversity rarity of terrestrial land vertebrates at a global scale. When analysed as single taxons, the rarity of amphibians, birds, mammals and reptiles is also high. The rarity of marine fish and mammals is also high. Challenges to biodiversity include deforestation; soil erosion; and water pollution.