Booming second-home market and no coastal-maritime zoning plan
209 illegal construction permits issued between 2014 - 2019
406 ha illegally removed from Wildlife Refuge
in 2014
"Paper parks"
88% of the Talamanca cantón consists of protected areas, however these do not guarantee the security of these ecosystems from local political pressures
To accommodate this, 406 hectares were illegally removed from the Wildlife Refuge in 2014
Subsequently 209 illegal construction permits were issued between 2014 - 2019
Where?
Value
Issues
Highest youth suicide and drug abuse rate in
Costa Rica
(INEC)
How?
Conduct educational tours
Improve bio-literacy of more than 100 children per year
Step 1
Acquire small property
Purchase or lease strategically located 300 m² nucleus
Step 2
Build operational
headquarters
Build a research station to accommodate on the ground conservation projects
Step 3
Create biological corridor
Annually purchase strategic adjacent properties to expand protected area
Step 4
157,000 USD required
945,000 USD required
Road Map
Through collaboration with local experts, guides, indigenous peoples and biologists conducting conservation and research locally...
we are able to provide educational experiences for the youth and conduct interdisciplinary scientific sensing and conservation within our protected area and its buffer zones
By purchasing off private landowners, our mission is to secure more than 30 strategically located hectares of primary rainforest
Through educational tours, we introduce vulnerable Latin American youth to the conservation of their natural heritage
Through a fully operational on-site research station, we can conduct ecosystem restoration and adaptation