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RESERVA FINCA CURR\u00c9<\/h1>Protecting the primary forest on the Caribbean coast<\/span>
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Urban sprawl and land speculation threaten remaining primary forests<\/h2>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

On the southern Caribbean coast of Costa Rica, tourism has developed more and more since 2010, with the result that road and building construction, deforestation and fragmentation of intact forest areas have taken on enormous proportions. In addition, small forest plots are for sale everywhere, where retirees and emigrants are creating their own little paradises – at the expense of previously intact forests. <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

Tropica Verde has been protecting a unique primary forest, the Reserva Finca Curr\u00e9, which is several hundred years old, in this rapidly developing region since 1991. Part of this forest has been integrated into the neighboring “Kek\u00f6ldi forest” of the local indigenous population. Kek\u00f6ldi is one of the indigenous communities of Cost Rica from the Bribri tribe. Today, Finca Curr\u00e9, which covers almost 100 hectares, represents an important forest link – a so-called biological corridor – between the Kek\u00f6ldi area and the Gandoca-Manzanillo wildlife reserve. Tropica Verde works together with COASTS<\/a> to protect the sea turtles in Gandoca. <\/span> <\/p>\n

Biological corridors are particularly vital for larger mammals such as the tapir and jaguar. Jaguars, for example, have hunting areas of 50 – 100 km\u00b2 in size and require connected forest areas. Such biocorridors are also extremely important for the genetic stability of animal populations, and not only in tropical rainforests<\/a>. Poaching and illegal logging are unfortunately commonplace in the region today. The pressure on these coastal rainforests is high and only through neighborly networks, links with existing conservation reserves, continuous environmental education<\/a> in schools and guided tours for nature lovers as well as the integration of committed local people does this type of forest with its high biodiversity have a chance of survival. <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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ASOGUABO: Guardian of the forest in the southern Caribbean<\/span>
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The region of the southern Caribbean of Costa Rica impresses with its enormous biodiversity: here you will find trees up to 300 years old and 50 meters high, beautiful year-round flowering plants, monkeys, jaguars, tapirs, green macaws and, on the coasts, mangroves and sea turtles, to name but a few. While the indigenous inhabitants and newcomers used to live in harmony with this nature, the threats posed by infrastructure, including road construction, have increased once again in recent years. Many local residents are fighting back!
Tropica Verde has been protecting the primary forest on Finca Curr\u00e9 since 1991 and is committed to cooperation between various stakeholders in the region. The owners of the land around Finca Curr\u00e9 joined forces with like-minded neighbors many years ago as “guardians of the forest”. The association ASOGUABO (Asociaci\u00f3n de los Guardianes del Bosque) was then founded in October 2023. In total, over 200 hectares on these neighboring properties are under protection. And the number is growing. <\/span><\/p>\n

You can find out more about ASOGUABO, the origins and development of the association in this report Southern Caribbean – the roads that separate the biological corridor<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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WHAT DOES TROPICA VERDE DO?<\/h2>\n