Geospatial modeling of land cover change in the Chocó-Darien global ecoregion of South America; One of most biodiverse and rainy areas in the world - Fig 1

The Chocó-Darien Global Ecoregion (CGE): (a) estimated historical extent of Tropical Rain Forest (TRF) in South America: TRF-CGE (estimated TRF in CGE), TRF-Amz (estimated TRF in Amazon basin), and TRF-BrAt (estimated TRF in Brazilian Atlantic Forest). (b) The Chocó-Darien Global Ecoregion (CGE): This global ecoregion is formed by three smaller ecoregions: Magdalena-Urabá Moist forests (MgU), Chocó-Darién Moist Forests (ChD), and Western Ecuador Moist Forests (WEc). Other four ecoregions have small sections in the CGE: Eastern Panamanian Montane Forests (EPaM), South American Pacific (SAP) Mangrove, Amazon-Orinoco-Southern Caribbean (AOSC) Mangrove, and Mesoamerican Gulf-Caribbean (MGC) Mangrove.