Venezuela, Canaima National Park among the six largest National Parks in the world

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*The park is a fragile and valuable ecosystem where nature expresses itself in all its splendor *The park is ancestral magic between Tepuis and high waterfalls

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00:00And the great jungle of southeastern Venezuela is a sea of green with rocky giants rising

00:04up to the sky.

00:05The great savanna where the Canaima National Park is located, and which in 1994 UNESCO declared

00:12a World Heritage Site, is an earthly paradise that invites us to explore its wonders.

00:20Canaima National Park, whose surface area exceeds three million hectares, is among the

00:25six largest national parks in the world.

00:28A territory dominated by tepuis, these flat-topped plateaus have been carved over millions of

00:34years and some even reach heights of up to 3,000 meters above sea level.

00:38A unique landscape on earth that harbors an incredible biological variety.

00:50This park is home to more than 700 species of birds, 100 species of mammals, and thousands

00:56of plants.

00:57It is a fragile and valuable ecosystem where nature expresses itself in all its splendor.

01:04Waterfalls such as the Churan Meru, the highest in the world, rivers that cross the savanna,

01:10and colorful lagoons that reflect the sky, complete this picture of incomparable beauty.

01:22The value of Canaima is not only environmental, but also political and historical.

01:27In 1999, the Venezuelan constitution recognized the rights of indigenous peoples to their

01:33ancestral lands, and it stood as a living result of this new relationship between the

01:38state and the native peoples.

01:40The stories tell tales of struggle.

01:42Since its creation in 1962, the park would have been under siege by forces such as illegal

01:47mining and deforestation.

01:50However, thanks to collective efforts involving Pemin communities, environmental groups, and

01:55even the Venezuelan government, it has managed to protect this natural treasure for future

02:01generations.

02:02Canaima is a unique gift that Venezuela offers to the world.

02:06A place where nature manifests itself in all its grandeur, and where cultures remind us

02:12of the importance of living in harmony with the planet.

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