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A lush mountain called Macaya Peak looms tall on the southern peninsula of Haiti, an island nation in the Caribbean Sea. The area is both a critical source of water and a hotspot for biodiversity since it retains the country’s last stand of a virgin cloud forest. The mountain also houses the only remaining population of the tiny Macaya breast-spot frog, one of Haiti’s many unique species facing extinction.

According to the International Union for the Conservation of Nature, nearly 12 species of birds, 28 species of plants, 46 species of amphibians, 15 species of fish, and some 10 species of reptiles and mammals are in danger of extinction in Haiti. The main reason is deforestation as people scrounge for resources.