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Climate change causes species extinction in Costa Rica
The advancing climate change is already causing problems in Costa Rica. In the Monteverde cloud forest in the mountains of Costa Rica, the most important feature is increasingly absent due to climate change - the fog. This has devastating consequences for the plant...
Event tip “Chocolate rainforest journey”
Are you passionate about protecting the rainforest and are also a chocolate fan? Then don't miss our exciting, entertaining and enjoyable online event "Chocolate Rainforest Journey" on 24.03.! You can still take part in the event up to and including March 13 by...
Species Conservation Day at Frankfurt Zoo on 07.05.2023
How does species conservation work? How can we preserve the diversity of plants and animals? How can we counteract the increasing loss of biodiversity? On May 7 from 10 am to 6 pm, Frankfurt Zoo and numerous member institutions and partners of the BioFrankfurt e.V....
We protect the rainforest – Our projects
Our new image brochure is ready. The newly designed brochure provides information about our projects and activities in Costa Rica. We hope you enjoy reading it! Link to desktop view Link to the mobile view
Monte Alto: Day of the Tree 2023
Fundación Monte Alto celebrates Arbor Day with local schools On Friday 16.06.2023 the Day of the Tree was celebrated in Monte Alto! For this annual event, school classes, volunteers and other committed people come together and plant trees on the Reserva. Along the...
Conclusion May 2023: The Lapa Verdes are doing great!
There is a lot of great news from the Lapas Verdes (Great Soldier Macaws): 1. in Tortuguero we could observe that macaws regularly flew to the beach to visit the beach almond trees. This is now a significant source of food. 2. at the height of Limon, deep in the...
Arribada – The arrival of the sea turtles
Every year between July and December, an extraordinary natural spectacle takes place on the Costa Rican Pacific coast: Thousands of olive ridley turtles gather near the shore a few days before the new moon and then land almost together within 5 days on the beach...
Website and logo relaunch!
We have been working on our new website for almost half a year & today the time has finally come: We are online! We are proud to finally be able to show you the result. In addition to the new, modern look, the website now also offers features such as the download...
200 years of Costa Rican independence 1821 – 2021
Costa Rica is celebrating 200 years of independence this year. On this occasion, the Honorary Consulate of Costa Rica in Frankfurt am Main, under the direction of Dr. Jana Maria Dressler, Honorary Consul, cordially invites you to an online anniversary event. We at...
