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The Nino Konis Santana reserve houses the country's largest remaining primary forest, with coral reefs containing around 500 species of fish. It also includes Lake Iralalaro.
UNESCO designated 14 new biosphere reserves in 14 countries today, including the Nino Konis Santana National Park in Timor-Leste, considered one of the most ecologically significant landscapes in Southeast Asia.
Serra da Estrela now holds two UNESCO designations for the same territory: the UNESCO Global Geopark and now the Biosphere Reserve. The new reserve covers a total area of 2,372.99 km².
Local accommodation and catering businesses are failing to meet mandatory sustainability measures.
