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Country Profile: Costa Rica |
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Parks/Protected Areas
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| Title: |
Brief facts about Costa Rica |
| Resource Type: |
Web Site |
| Resource Language(s): |
English |
| Author: |
Infoplease.com |
| Abstract: |
The website contains a brief summary of important political, historical, social, economic, and geographical features of the nation of Costa Rica.- Arable land: 6%.
- Agriculture: bananas, coca, citrus, sugarcane;
- lumber; fish, cultured shrimp.
- Labor force: 71,000; agriculture, 30%;
services, 16%; government, 15.4%;
commerce, 11.2%; manufacturing, 10.3%
(1997 est.).
- Industry: garment production, food processing,
tourism, construction.
- Natural resources: land-use potential, timber,
fish
- Exports: $3.9 billion (f.o.b., 1998):
manufactured products, coffee, bananas,
textiles, sugar
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| Title: |
Descriptions of Natural World Heritage Properties |
| Resource Type: |
Web Site |
| Resource Language(s): |
English |
| Abstract: |
Description includes type of
ecology, location, date and history of establishment, area, land tenure, altitude,
physical features, climate, vegetation, fauna, cultural heritage, local human population,
visitors and visitor facilities, scientific research and facilities, conservation value,
conservation management, management constraints, staff, budget, address, references. |
| Affiliation: |
World Conservation Monitoring Centre (WCMC) |
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| Title: |
National Parks |
| Resource Type: |
Link List |
| Resource Language(s): |
Spanish |
| Abstract: |
Descriptions in Spanish that provide information on
topography as well as species distribution. Compiled by the Costa Rican Institute of
Tourism and the Department of National Parks of Costa Rica . 1. Isla Bolaños
2. Santa
Rosa y Guanacaste
3. Rincón de
la Vieja
4. Cano Negro
5. Barra del Colorado
y Tortuguero
6. Las Baulas
7. Lomas Barbudal
8. Palo Verde
9. Barra Honda
10. Peñas Blancas
11. Volcán Póas
12. Braulio
Carrillo
13. Ostional
14. Isla del Coco
15. Cabo Blanco
16. Curú
17. Islas
Guayabo, Negritos y de los Pájaros
18. Carara
19. Volcán Irazú
20. Guayabo
21. Manuel Antonio
22. Ballena
23. Parque
Internacional la Amistad
24. Cahuita
25. Gandoca-Manzanillo
26. Isla del Caño
27. Corcovado
28. Golfito
29. Juan Castro
Blanco
30. Arenal |
| Affiliation: |
Costa Rican Institute of Tourism and the Department of National Parks of Costa Rica |
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| Title: |
Nature Parks Center |
| Resource Type: |
Web Site |
| Resource Language(s): |
English |
| Author: |
Various |
| Abstract: |
Summaries of protected areas, which constitute over a quarter of Costa Rica, including: - National parks:(Barra Honda, Corcovado, Palo Verde,
Braulio Carrillo, Guanacaste, Poas Volcano, Cahuita, Irazú Volcano, Santa Rosa, Chirripo, Las Baulas,
Tortuguero, Cocos Island, Manuel Antonio, Rincon
de la Vieja Volcano)
- Protected areas: Barra del Colorado,Gandoca-
Manzanillo, Penas Blancas, Cabo Blanco, Golfito,
Dr. Rafael L. RodrÌguez, Cano Island, Hitoy-Cerere,
TapantÌ, Cano Negro, Bolanos Island, Guayabo,
Negritos, Los Pajaros Islands, Carara, Monteverde,
Curú, Ostional
- Other Protected areas: International Park: La
Amistad, National Monument: Guayabo
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| Affiliation: |
The Costa Rica Supersite |
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| Title: |
Protected areas and National Parks of Costa Rica |
| Resource Type: |
Web Site |
| Resource Language(s): |
English |
| Abstract: |
- Santa Rosa National Park (map): The largest remaining
area of tropical dry forest in Central America, historic hacienda house
- Guanacaste National Park (map): Hills that are relicts
of Plio-Cuaternary volcanoes an plains that have been formed by the accumulation of ash,
pyroclasts and ignimbrite
- Las Baulas Marine
National Park & Tamarindo National Wildlife Refuge: Nesting beach for Leatherback Sea
Turtles
- Cabo Blanco Absolute National Reserve: Good beaches, tide
pools, abundant birds and wildlife amidst beautiful tropical moist forest
- Barra Honda National Park; Impressive limestone caverns
(previous permission from Park Service needed to enter), tropical dry forest
- Palo Verde National Park: Seasonal marsh good for waterfowl;
dry forest, rivers, mangroves
- Lomas Barbudal Biological Reserve: Good example of tropical
dry forest, also gallery forest along Cabuyo river
- Ostional National Wildlife Refuge: Nesting beach for Pacific
Olive Ridley Sea Turtles
- Carara
National Park: Good example of tropical rain forest, complete with scarlet macaws, monkeys
and crocodiles
- Manuel
Antonio National Park (map):
Gorgeous beaches, excellent wildlife viewing possibilities
- Ballena National Park; protected area for hump-backed
whales, the magnificent frigate bird and several reptiles; pristine beaches
- Isla del Caño Biological Reserve: Pre-Columbian burial
ground, excellent diving
and snorkeling
- Corcovado
National Park (map): The
largest tract of lowland rain forest on Pacific side of Costa Rica, great wildlife
potential, "The most biologically intense place on Earth" according to National
Geographic
- Gandoca-Manzanillo
National Wildlife Refuge: Same as Cahuita (15) but muh more remote and secluded
- Cahuita National Park:
Coral reefs, swimming beaches, swamp forest, great snorkeling.
- Tortuguero National
Park (map): Costa Rica's
"Amazon," explore the rain forest via rivers and lagoons teeming with monkeys,
crocodiles, toucans; major nesting beach for Atlantic Green Sea Turtles.
- Barra del Colorado National Wildlife Refuge: Same as above;
great Tarpon and Snook fishing
- Caño Negro National Wildlife Refuge: River and marsh
habitat, excellent for viewing waterfowl, caimans, and other wildlife
- Rincón de la Vieja
National Park (map): Numerous
geothermal features (fumaroles, hot springs, boiling mud pots), waterfalls, majestic
tropical moist forest with much wildlife
- Arenal
National Park: One of the world's most active volcanoes, bordered by the scenic Lake
Arenal
- Volcán Poás National
Park: One of the most beautiful scenic sites in the country where the flora and fauna are
highlighted by geological features
- Braulio Carrillo National
Park (map): Extensive tract of
lower montane and pre-montane rain forest with many unique and unusual plants and animals;
dormant volcano with lush cloud forest
- Volcán Irazú National
Park: Highest volcano in Costa Rica (11,000 ft), devastation from past eruptions gives
"moonscape" aspect
- Guayabo National Monument: The largest and most important
archeological site discovered to date in Costa Rica; enhanced by a river canyon and
forests
- Tapantí National Park: The rushing Orosi river cuts through
luxuriant rain forest full of orchids, birds, butterflies, raining most of the year.
- La Amistad International Park (World Heritage status):
Magnificent highland oak forests, resplendent quetzals, remote and relatively undeveloped
- Hitoy-Cerere Biological Reserve: Caribbean Foothill rain
forest for birdwatchers and Nature lovers looking to get off the beaten track
- Chirripó National Park (map): The highest point in
Costa Rica and home to unique páramo (subalpine) vegetation; often cold and wet; advance
permission from park service needed
- Golfito National Wildlife Refuge: Lowland rain forest
similar to Corcovado (13)
- Isla Bolaños National Wildlife Refuge: The only nesting
colony of magnificent frigate birds in Costa Rica; impressive display during the mating
season
- Islas Guayabo, Negritos
and Pájaros Biological Reserves: Biological reserves for large populations of sea
birds
- Curú National Wildlife Refuge: Oyster banks, white beaches,
giant conchs, iguanas and much more
- Juán Castro Blanco National Park: Rain and terrain combine
to produce the most impressive waterfalls, primary rain forests, large number of reptiles
- Isla del Coco National
Park (World Heritage status): World-class scuba diving, declared
World Heritage by United Nations, 100% undisturbed
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| Affiliation: |
The Costa Rica Tourism and Travel Bureau |
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