But protected area designation does not stop climate change.

The boundaries of a national park do not modulate global atmospheric greenhouse gas concentrations.

What the protection does do is limit the additional stresses of direct human exploitation — mining, logging, uncontrolled development — that would compound the climate stress and make the situation of endemic species even more precarious.

In this sense, the conservation status of the tepui region is necessary even if not sufficient.

The scientific research that continues to document and understand the tepui ecosystem is also a form of conservation investment.