Vol. 2 No. 2 Jul-Dic (2012)

The Neotropical region, including the Caribbean, Central and South America with an approximate area of 20.55 million km2 has been recognized as one of the most diverse areas on the planet. With the aim of contributing with the documentation of the diversity of the region, we created Biodiversidad Neotropical, an inter- national scientific journal which with this number reaches its second continuous year of editorial work. From a first number of published papers focused only on Colombia, and particularly the Biogeographic Choco, its place of origin and an important center of biodiversity, this time we present a number which includes contributions from five Neotropical countries (Colombia, Cos- ta Rica, El Salvador, Honduras, and Venezuela), that summarize the activities of a number of Latin American authors from Universities, NGO’s, and research centers across our region.