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...
Tropica Verde activists Michael Ott and Stefan Rother are supporting families affected by the coronavirus crisis in Costa Rica - you can support them too! Since March, all tourist activities have also been suspended in Costa Rica. For this reason, many people there...
Our colleague Gustavo has put together a great video with the latest camera trap footage. He even identified the animal species and wrote them down for you. Please note: knowledge of Spanish is required. Have fun watching! https://youtu.be/HWSerJYHf8M
We have been carrying out reforestation and environmental education on the Nicoya Peninsula together with the Fundacion Monte Alto for over 20 years. Sixty percent of the total 900 hectares have already been replanted. Now we want to see what animals live on our land...
In 2019, Finca Alicia was planted with over 1100 trees of 40 different species. Numerous schoolchildren and students from the region actively helped out. With the start of the rainy season at the beginning of May 2020, we will be able to assess more precisely how well...
The species-rich forests of Monte Alto were massively deforested in the middle of the 20th century to meet the high demand for beef. By 1976, all but 2 percent of the forest areas had fallen victim to livestock farming. The natural water cycle began to falter and the...