Raquel Granados

Honduras

Mt. Hood Community College

Instructor: shadia Duery

Subject: Country Notebook

Student: Raquel Granados

Cycle: 2012-2014

Country: Honduras

Honduras and its Departments

Source: Maps of world. 2012. Political Map of Honduras. Available in internet[3-13-2014] from: http://www.mapsofworld.com/honduras/honduras-political-map.html

Map of Biomes in Honduras

Source : CESO-SACO. 2007.Compartiendo las experiencias de la vida.[Internet blog][3/32014]. Available from: http://www.cesohonduras.com/Pages/MapasdeHonduras.aspx

Average High and Low Temperature in Honduras

High Temperature

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
F		83		82		83		86		88		86		84		83		83		84		83		81		80

Low Temperature

		ANNUAL		JAN		FEB		MAR		APR		MAY		JUN		JUL		AUG		SEP		OCT		NOV		DEC
F		70		68		69		70		72		72		71		71		71		69		71		69		67

Source: Weather base. Unknown. La Paz Honduras. [Internet][3-13-2014] Available from: http://www.weatherbase.com/weather/weather.php3?s=81787&cityname=La-Paz--United-States-of-America

Average, high and low range of precipitation in La Paz Honduras

Source: World Weather Online .Unknown. La Paz Monthly Climate Average, Honduras. [Internet] [3-13-2014] available from: http://www.worldweatheronline.com/La-Paz-weather-averages/La-Paz/HN.aspx

Highest elevation inHonduras

highest point: Cerro Las Minas 2,870 m

Lowest elevation in Honduras

Lowest point: Caribbean Sea 0 m

Source: About.com Geography .updated 2005. Geography. [Internet] [3-13-2014] available from: http://geography.about.com/library/cia/blchonduras.htm

Latitud andLongitud in La Paz, Honduras

Latitude: 14 23N Longitude: 087 37W

La Paz is the state where my community is

Source: Weather base. Unknown. La Paz Honduras. [Internet][3-13-2014] Available from: http://www.weatherbase.com/weather/weather.php3?s=81787&cityname=La-Paz--United-States-of-America

Ecosystems In Honduras

Ecosystem Pictures

Mix Forest Ecosystem

Conifer Ecosystem
Ecosystem Description in my community "La Teja"

La Teja Honduras is a small community of about twenty houses, it is located in the Southeast part of Honduras in border with El Salvador. There, the majority of people are farmers. There is a variety of little ecosystem such as :

Mountains Zones: where live , coyotes, rabbits, deer, snakes , others.

Grassland : where live, cattle, horses , and others.

Creeks: There live different species of fishes.

In general the climate in La Teja is very hot in the dry season and warmer in the wet season.

Endangered species (plants, animals) in Honduras

Source: B. Maldonado y C. Alix. 1998. Manual de Dendrologia del Bosque Latífoliado. IV Edición.

• C. Nelson. 2000. Nociones de Taxonomia Vegetal. Editorial Universitaria.

• Estudio de Racionalización del SINAPH.2002. Volumen IV: Especies de Preocupación Especial.

• J R. McCraine y F. Castañeda. 2007. Guía de Campo de los Anfibios de Honduras.

Available from : http://www.fecomol.org/pdf/ESPECIES_DE_ANIMALES_EN_PELIGRO_EN_HONDURAS_IUNC.pdf

Three popular articles about the ecosystem or environment in home country

CoralReefs in Honduras : this article talk about the Mesoamerican Barrier Reef System (MBRS) in Honduras. When the hurricane Mitch was in 1998 this coral reef was so damage. It also say about the barrier reef of the bay islands which are three island such as: Roatan, Guanaja and Utila. "These islands support 131 hotels and resorts in an area of just over 100 square miles (261 sq. km)." Charpenter 2008.It mentions the natural threats to the reef and the current health of it as well.

source: Charpentier & Media 2008. Coral Reefs in Honduras. [internet 3-17-2014]

Available from: http://traveltips.usatoday.com/coral-reefs-honduras-1112.html

Caribbean Coast Pollutionin Honduras (popular article)

The coast of Honduras, Central America, represents the southern end of the Mesoamerican Barrier Reef System ". The Coast has beautiful reef formation, wetlands, and mangroves. However it is become polluted by different human aspects such, agricultural actions, Fishing and problem with sewage. Also there occurs naturals disasters like hurricanes, etc . I'm interested in this topic because the Caribbean Coast is the most famous touristic place in Honduras by having one of the larger Coral Reef in the world and we as a Honduran we have to protect them.

Marck Pollut Bull . 2001.Honduras Caribbean Coast. NCBI. Available in internet from:http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11827108

Honduras and Deforestation (Popular Article)

This article talk about the reforestation problem that Honduras is facing specially in conservatives zones such as "La Biosfera del Rio Platano" . This area has been deforested by indigenes people that live there. They are cutting the forest and polluting the water.

Source: Danielle Morello June1997. Honduras and Deforestation. Available in internet from: http://www1.american.edu/TED/honduras.htm

Caribbean Coast Pollutionin Honduras (scientific article)

This article talk about the Caribbean Coast where is it located, about different threats that the Coast is suffering, and how these problem affect the economy of the Country . The Honduran are using method to solve these problem such as working with national and international NGO projects to protect the Caribbean Coast.

Daniel C. Afzal . 2001. Honduras Carebbean Coast. Pergamon. Available in internet from: http://www.marinespatialecologylab.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/harborneetal_2001.pdf

AVIANDIVERSITY IN THE MOSKITIA REGION OF HONDURAS (Scientific Article)

This article is about the conservation of la Moskitia in Honduras, it say that La Moskitia has an high value in terms of avian diversity in the country, in this article you will find data that several scientific has done there.

Source: ORNITOLOGIA NEOTROPICAL 15: 447–482, 2004. Avian Diversity in the Moskitia Region of Honduras. Available in internet from: http://ocean.otr.usm.edu/~w440035/Materials/AndersonONITNEO2004.pdf

Observations ofRough-Toothed Dolphins (Steno bredanensis) off the Coast of Utila, Honduras(Scientific Article)

This is about a observations that some fishermen and operators have see that rough-toothed dolphins are off the coast in Utila Honduras. It talk about the study that they have been doing, and what they are doing now in order to know more about the Dolphins behavior.

Source: Kuczaj II, S. A., & Yeater, D. B. "Observations of Rough-Toothed Dolphins (Steno bredanensis) Off the Coast of Utila, Honduras." Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 87.1 (2007): 141–148. also available in internet from : http://digitalcommons.sacredheart.edu/psych_fac/36/

Silvopastoral: Colombia, Costa Rica and Nicaragua (Managementarticle )

This is about the AIMS project that is funded by Global Environmental Facility (GEF). This project is about how to protect the soil, store carbon. They are in two countries in Central America; Costa Rica and Nicaragua.

source: Markets for Watershed Services -Country Profile 2006. Silvopastoral: Colombia, Costa Rica and Nicaragua. Available in internet from: http://www.watershedmarkets.org/documents/Silvopastoril_Central_America.pdf

INTEGRATED ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT IN INDIGENOUS COMMUNITIES

REGIONAL(Management article)

The objective of this project is to help the indigenous people in Central America how to prevent environmental threatens, degradation of the land.

Source: INTER-AMERICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK. INTEGRATED ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT IN INDIGENOUS COMMUNITIES REGIONAL. Available in internet from: http://idbdocs.iadb.org/wsdocs/getdocument.aspx?docnum=466013

Disaster Risk Management in Central America/Honduras(ManagementArticle)

This article shows data from Central America about all of disasters risk that they have suffered during the last decades. It show information about Hurricanes, storm flood and all kind of natural disaster, however it include a litter bit about economy as well.

Source: The World Bank. Disaster Risk Management in Central America. Available in internet from: http://www.gfdrr.org/sites/gfdrr.org/files/Honduras_DRM.pdf

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Soils map in Honduras

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