Environment and climate change statistics for Latin America and the Caribbean

Biological resources are renewable resources capable of regeneration through natural (non-managed or managed) processes. Biological resources include timber and aquatic resources and a range of other animal and plant resources (such as livestock, orchards, crops and wild animals), fungi and bacteria.50 Biological resources form an important part of biodiversity and ecosystems.

The topics included are:

• Timber resources
• Acuatic resources
• Crops
• Livestock
• Other non-cultivated biological resources