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Los Guardianes: Travel report by Mischa and Rasmus
Dear rainforest enthusiasts, We, Mischa Kneifel and Rasmus Rees, recent high school graduates, have been at Finca One World (cooperation partner of Tropica Verde) in Puerto Viejo de la Talamanca, Costa Rica, for 7 days now. For the next 9 months I will be volunteering...
The Christmas present for Costa Rica friends!
A calendar that brings joy! Our Tropica Verde calendar for 2016 contains breathtaking photos of an impressive country. 12 large-format photos ( 60x47cm) provide a wide variety of insights into the flora and fauna of Costa Rica. The calendar with photos by Tobias...
Shop online and donate!
If you enjoy the benefits of online shopping, you can now do something good with your purchases. With the Gooding Toolbar, every time you make a purchase online from one of the partner stores, the seller forwards a donation to the selected charity. Amazon Smile also...
Report from Los Guardianes – 30.12.15
Dear nature fans, here are Rasmus and Mischa, live from the Costa Rican rainforest, The new year will hold many new tasks, experiences and surprises in store for the Guardians of Finca Curré (Forest Guardians), but first we would like to report on the last few months...
The prehensile tail – fifth wheel on the wagon? Quite the opposite!
I felt similar to this anteater last year during a climbing forest course on the Wasserkuppe, when I was left hanging helplessly from a ropeway between two of the wooden platforms and could no longer go back and forth. What I would have given, like the anteater, to...
Big anteaters at Frankfurt Zoo
Big anteaters can now be seen again at Frankfurt Zoo. Although the big anteater is even more impressive in size and shape than the small anteater, the two have a lot in common and can give you an insight into the extraordinary animal world of Costa Rica. The lesser...
Tropical dry forest inhabitant 2016: the winning animal has been chosen!
Almost 200 votes were included in our survey. Thank you very much for this great participation! A neck-and-neck race quickly emerged between the anteater and the griffin. The anteater won the vote by just three votes, making it our 2016 campaign animal for the...
Biologist on the wrong track!
Art lessons at school must have been worthwhile for something, I thought to myself as I picked up my pencil and drawing paper during my Christmas vacation. My aim: to show you the fun facts about the anteater in an entertaining, attractive way to show you what a...
Pupils become natural scientists!
Thanks to our support, our project partner Monte Alto was able to purchase new binoculars and nature guides for educational work this year. In the summer, classes from a total of seven schools were able to take part in excursions through the nature reserve and use the...
