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Figure 3. 16th century Spanish expansion in the Caribbean "The Green Republic: A Conservation History of Costa Rica" by Sterling Evans is a renowned book that traces the development of the conservation movement in Costa Rica from the mid 1700s to present day. [2]
National System of Conservation Areas (SINAC, Spanish: Sistema Nacional de Áreas de Conservación) is part of the Ministry of Environment and Energy (MINAE) of Costa Rica. It is the administrator for the nation's national parks, conservation areas, and other protected natural areas.
These measures were so successful that, in 2021, the country won the first-ever Earthshot prize for their conservation efforts. [6] In an attempt to reverse the harmful effects caused by the inappropriate policies which drove reforestion, Costa Rica started using the PES program (Payment for Environmental Services). The PES program gave ...
Arenal Tempisque Conservation Area (Spanish: Área de Conservación Arenal Tempisque (ACAT)), is an administrative area which is managed by SINAC for the purposes of conservation in the northwest part of Costa Rica, near the Arenal Volcano and covering part of the Cordillera de Tilarán and Cordillera de Guanacaste.
The Ministry of Environment and Energy (Spanish: Ministerio de Ambiente y Energía, MINAE) is a ministry or department of the government of Costa Rica. Agencies [ edit ]
Centro de Conservación de Santa Ana (Santa Ana Conservation Center, CCSA) was a wilderness area and zoo, [1] [2] of approximately 52 hectares (130 acres), located in the Uruca district, in the canton of Santa Ana, Costa Rica. It had an average altitude of 900 meters and was bounded to the east by the bed of the river Uruca.
Central Conservation Area (Spanish: Área de Conservación Central (ACC)), is an administrative area which is managed by SINAC for the purposes of conservation in the central part of Costa Rica, notably the volcanic areas of the Cordillera Central. It contains six National Parks, several wildlife refuges and other types of nature reserves. [1]
Alvaro Umaña-Quesada, born 1951 or 1952, [1] is a Costa Rican academic, environmentalist, and politician who served as Minister of Natural Resources, Energy and Mines from 1986 to 1990. He is credited for pursuing successful environmental policies which promoted conservation and reversed the country's high deforestation rates.