Celebrating the fact that it is home to 6.5% of the world’s biodiversity, Costa Rica is currently the star attraction at Kew Gardens’ annual orchid festival – which has returned for the first time in two years (on until Sunday 6 March with timed entries).
Source: Costa Rica: Celebrating Conservation And Pura Vida
Three times the size of the country’s mainland, the reserve’s abundance of sharks, whales, turtles, and other marine life has been described as an “underwater Jurassic Park.”
Source: Costa Rica’s pristine ‘Shark Island’ now a massive marine reserve
Living in northwestern England with his family, Robert Puschendorf (’98, Costa Rica) works as a lecturer and coordinator of the biological conservation program at Plymouth University. He credits EARTH University with cultivating his deep interest in biology and thus connecting him to the discipline that would guide his career and life’s research.
La Amistad International Park is one of the special corners of the world with a peculiar charm and where you can see incredible panoramic views of natural beauty like no other. This park was declared by UNESCO, a world heritage site and biosphere reserve, a spectacular territory of approximately 200,000ha, is located in the Talamanca…
Source: La Amistad International Park: 2 Countries Unite for the Environment ⋆ The Costa Rica News
La Amistad International Park (PILA) is located in the Cordillera de Talamanca, about 280 kilometers (km) from San José, the capital of Costa Rica; it covers part of the national territory and continues south to the east of the Republic of Panama. It was declared a Biosphere Reserve by Unesco in 1982 and the World…
Source: La Amistad International Park: “A World Heritage Site” ⋆ The Costa Rica News
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