Nicaragua’s Pacific dry corridor is home to half this Central American nation’s population. Its tropical dry forests, which once covered most of the region, host rare species like the Mantled Howler monkey, the Jaguarundi, Baird’s tapir and Yellow-naped parrot. However, rapid agricultural expansion in recent decades has led to widespread deforestation. Today, less than 1% of Nicaragua is covered by intact dry forests, with dire consequences for people and wildlife. The remaining wildlife populations are squeezed into ever-shrinking, isolated habitat patches. Meanwhile, the degraded, treeless land they used to inhabit has become more vulnerable to landslides and droughts. This has also reduced agricultural productivity, leaving people ever more exposed to climate impacts and food insecurity.