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Conservation in Southern Costa Rica |
Conservation |
With over 25% of the country set aside to preserve wildlife & rainforest Costa Rica has lots to see. This humid region, in the pacific southwest, comprises some of the largest stands of rainforest in central America.
To contribute to a needed conservation effort contact any of the foundations, groups or hotels listed below. Find out about volunteering a few days of your vacation. Opportunities range from collecting turtle eggs, to feeding monkeys and baby sloths to planting trees. You can also work in local villages and help fix up schools and live with Costa Rican families. |
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Friends Of The Osa: Evergreen Fellow Grantees |
With so many amazing research opportunities, its no wonder that we have a number of scientists, students and experts actively engaged in research on the peninsula! We hold regular meetings on the Osa where scientists share the results of their studies with fellow researchers as well as the local community. Topics discussed at our most recent meeting were: the population dynamics and conservation of Scarlet Macaws, Squirrel Monkeys, Jaguars, Peccarys, and American Crocodiles, as well as forest regeneration, plant phenology, and non-timber forest resources.
At our first research meeting in 2005, the Evergreen Fellows program was announced. This scholarship program awards grants to researchers engaged in conservation-based research on the Osa.  To date, Evergreen Fellow grantees include:
Alejandro Lopera and his research on the interaction between forest regeneration and invertebrate seed dispersal, Mike Boston and his population and distribution studies of the American crocodile, and Aida Bustamante for her work on the Osa’s jaguar populations. In addition to the Evergreen fellows, we have a number of researchers actively conducting research on the Osa. These studies range from amphibian and avian population monitoring to botanical distribution and systematic studies. |
