Sangay National Park in Ecuador lies in the Andes and ranges from tropical rainforest on the lower slopes to glaciers on the peaks. It includes two active volcanoes, Tungurahua and Sangay, the latter being one of the most active volcanoes in the world, with almost continuous eruptions, and the extinct volcano El Altar. The park shelters a wide range of wildlife, including the mountain tapir, the spectacled bear, the Andean condor and the puma. UNESCO inscribed it in 1983 as a World Heritage Site. Poaching, road building and encroachment led to its being placed on the list of sites in danger in 1992, and it was removed from the list in 2005.
Before and after
- from 1 January 1979 to 1 January 1999Introduction of European Currency Unit
- 1979Establishment of Serra da Capivara National Park
- 1979Moon Treaty
- 1979Founding of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
- 1979Establishment of Sangay National Park
- 1979Invention of Bourne shell
- 1979Global life expectancy reaches 60 years
- 13 February 1979Birth of Anders Behring Breivik
- from 17 February 1979 to 16 March 1979Sino-Vietnamese War
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