Cooperation, poaching and environmental education 2023 was a very intensive year in terms of our project work in Costa Rica. I've just returned from another 6 weeks in the country shortly before Christmas and have taken away many positive impressions from the...
Finca Curré
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
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...
Threat to our forests from illegal logging!
At 80 hectares, Finca Curré is one of our larger properties in Costa Rica. It includes a valuable piece of primary forest that we were able to acquire back in 1993. Unfortunately, even in designated protected areas in Costa Rica, illegal logging continues to take...
Tree robbers on the move at Finca Curré – three people arrested
In one of our previous posts, we reported that there were probably tree robbers on one of our properties, namely Finca Curré. Now there is good news: More deforested Nispero trees were found on a neighboring property. The wood was hauled by mules and horses, so Manuel...
Something is happening at Finca Curré – unfortunately nothing good
There is news from our project, the Finca Curré. Unfortunately, they are not good ones. Thierry Mangel, our forest ranger, who regularly walks around our property and keeps an eye on things, has discovered a freshly cut path on the Finca Curré. He suspects that it was...