I have always dreamed of visiting Costa Rica, actually I considered studying abroad there last summer but my parents wouldn't allow it because the cost were a little ridiculous. Costa Rica has over one fourth of its land covered with natural reserves and conservations, wildlife refuges and national parks. There are so many beautiful and breathtaking places in Costa Rica and I would love to visit all of them someday but for the moment, I'm going to focus on my visit to the Corcovado National Park located on the Osa Peninsula. The Corcovado National Park is home to the only largest tropical lowland rain forest in the WORLD! It is famous for holding 3% of the biodiversity on this side of the planet and it also has a huge amount of endangered species. While visiting the Park, you could experience approximately 6,000 different insects, 500 species of trees, 367 birds, 140 mammals, 117 amphibians and reptiles and 40 species of freshwater fish. |
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One of the endangered species from this region is the Ocelot which is part of the sub-genus Leopardus. The Ocelot is hunted and prized for their distinctive fur which has led to the Ocelot's extinction in some of its range.
The Nature Conservancy is helping to save the rain forests of
Costa Rica from the outside world of improved transportation
and expanding developments. Osa's forest are starting to disappear due to lands being cleared for logging and agricultural at a higher rate than anywhere else in Costa Rica. The Costa Rica government is doing what they can to save the land by acquiring and protecting lands, strenghtening the management of protected land, hiring and training park staff, establishing a network of marine protected areas, ect. The Nature Conservancy has also launched a program where you can adopt a acre of the forest to help the conservancy protect and restore this highly threatened region. Here is the link below if anyone is interested:
https://support.nature.org/site/Donation2?4380.donation=form1&idb=1265079635&df_id=4380
I studied abroad in CR in high school! It is not too late to study there! think about how much money you are saving by not paying tuition here and the cost of living there is so much cheaper you can do it!!
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