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...
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...
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...
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...
Since 2014, we have been supporting school projects, excursions into the rainforest and workshops in 3 nearby schools on the subject of the environment and sustainability in our project to protect the rainforest in Baja Talamanca together with our local partner...
Around 25 years ago, Tropca Verde acquired the Finca Curré, a 70-hectare primary forest property in the coastal region of Baja Talamanca, thus saving it from immediate deforestation. In 2005, the finca was extended by a further 15 hectares. However, the pressure from...
