2006年10月06日
ENS瓜地馬拉，瓜地馬拉市報導；蔡秦怡編譯；莫聞審校
美國政府於2日宣佈一筆重要的外債換自然(debt-for-nature)交易，將提供瓜地馬拉逾2,400萬美元保育基金。這筆基金將協助瓜國當地的高海拔熱帶雲霧林生態系統(cloud forest)、雨林，以及沿岸紅樹林沼澤地的保育工作；這些地方，是上百種侯鳥，和許多稀有且瀕絕動物，例如美洲豹、吼猴以及緋紅金剛鸚鵡的重要棲息地。
U.S. Swaps Guatemalan Debt for Forest Conservation
The U.S. government on Monday announced a major debt-for-nature swap that will provide more than $24 million for conservation efforts in Guatemala. The funds will help conserve Guatemala's high altitude cloud forests, rain forests, and coastal mangrove swamps, home to hundreds of species of migratory birds, as well as many rare and endangered species including jaguars, howler monkeys and scarlet macaws.
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