Refugio de Fauna Silvestre de Cuare

Refugio de Fauna Silvestre de Cuare

Country:
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)
Site number:
414
Area:
12,000.0 ha
Designation date:
23-11-1988
Coordinates:
10°54'59"N 68°19'59"W

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Cuare. 23/11/88; Falcón; 9,968 ha; 10°55'N 068°20'W. Wildlife Refuge. Added to the Montreux Record, 16 June 1993; removed from the Record, 7 August 1996. The site includes marine and inland habitats. The former are coral reefs, sandy beaches, mangrove stands, and scattered low forest. The latter, penetrated by a small gulf and a network of channels, includes mangrove and deciduous forests. The highly productive marshes support staging and wintering waterbirds, a rich flora and fauna, including commercially important fish, two species of marine turtles, and the endangered Crocodylus acutus. The site is of considerable archaeological interest. Subject of a Ramsar Advisory Mission in 1991. Ramsar site no. 414. Most recent RIS information: 1991.
Administrative region: Falcón
National legal designation:
  • Refugio de Fauna
Last publication date: 01-01-1991
Ramsar Information Sheet (RIS)