How to Grow a Tropical National Park: Innovative Conservation at Costa Rica’s Area de Conservación Guanacaste (ACG) By Carlos R. Garcia, MFC International Conservation Fund of Canada (ICFC) May 2018
Costa Rica's Natural Beauty & Biodiversity!
Pura Vida!
The World’s Most Biodiverse Countries Costa Rica Source: Mongabay 2015
4% of the World’s Biodiversity in 1% of its Total Surface Area!
Area de Conservación Guanacaste Located in northwestern of Costa Rica UNESCO World Heritage listed site 163,000 ha (1,630 km2)
ACG Map – Sectors
Changing Paradigms: Tending The Wild Garden ACG expansion: Rincon Rainforest Use of Gmelina arborea: a fast-growing alien tree species The ‘Orange Pulp’ Restoration Project: Del Oro (Fruit Juice Company)
ACG Expansion: Rincon Rainforest
The ‘Orange Pulp’ Restoration Project
1,000 truckloads of peel!
The work crew!
Creating a Human Presence in the Park: Parataxonomists Corps A parataxonomist is a resident, field-based, biodiversity inventory specialist who is largely on-the-job trained out of the rural work force Makes a career of providing specimens and their natural history information to a multitude of users across society.
Parataxonomists at Work!
Environmental Ed. & Citizen Science ACG Biological Ed. Program ACG Marine Ed. Program
“The question is not whether a tropical forest can be restored, but rather whether society will allow it to occur.” – Daniel H. Janzen.
Pura Vida! Thank You!
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