Chocón Machacas Explained

Chocón Machacas Protected Biotope
Iucn Category:	IV
Location:	Izabal, Guatemala
Coordinates:	15.7667°N -141°W
Area Km2:	62.65
Established:	Decreto Legislativo 4-89
Visitation Num:	allowed
Operator:	CECON / USAC

The Chocón Machacas Protected Biotope is a protected nature reserve in eastern Guatemala. It is located in the municipality of Livingston, in a densely forested area covering the lower reaches of the Chocón Machacas River basin and the northern shores of the Río Dulce-Golfete Dulce system (15.7555°N -88.8732°W).^{[1] [2]}

The Chocón Machacas river and Golfete Dulce complex form one of Guatemala's few remaining habitats for the endangered Caribbean manatee (Trichechus manatus).^[3]

References

• Book: Yañez-Arancibia, Alejandro . David Zárate Lomelí . Angel Terán Cuevas . Evaluation of the coastal and marine resources of the Atlantic Coast of Guatemala . . 1995 . pdf . 2011-03-07 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110719093746/http://www.cep.unep.org/publications-and-resources/technical-reports/tr34en.pdf . 2011-07-19 . dead .
• Book: Castillo Lemus, Noé Ariel . Estudio de identificación y caracterización preliminar de corredores biológicos con conectividad al biotopo Chocón Machacas . 2005 . pdf . 2011-03-07 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110714141517/http://cdcguatemala.my3gb.com/documentos/chocon.pdf . 2011-07-14 . dead .

Notes and References

1. Web site: Listado de Áreas Protegidas (enero, 2011) . conap.gob.gt . CONAP . 2011-06-14 . xls . es . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20111008161133/http://www.conap.gob.gt/Members/admin/documentos/documentos-centro-de-documentacion/areas-protegidas/SIGAPublico_Enero.xls/view . 2011-10-08 .
2. Web site: Chocón Machacas Protected Biotope . Parkswatch . parkswatch.org . 2009-08-07 .
3. Web site: Self-Sullivan, C. . Mignucci-Giannoni, A. . [{{IUCNlink|22105}} Trichechus manatus ssp. manatus. In: IUCN 2009. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2009.1 ]. iucnredlist.org . 2008 . 2009-08-07.