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Central Pacific Conservation Area
Central Pacific Conservation Area is an administrative area which is managed by SINAC for the purposes of conservation in the southwestern part of Costa Rica, on the Pacific coast. , retrieved 18 March 2015 It contains four s, and a number s and other types of . Protected areas * |
Puntarenas Province
Puntarenas () is a province of Costa Rica. It is located in the western part of the country, covering most of Costa Rica's Pacific Ocean coast, and it is the largest province in Costa Rica. Clockwise from the northwest it borders on the provinces Guanacaste, Alajuela, San José and Limón, and the neighbouring country of Panama. Overview The capital is Puntarenas. The province covers an area of , and has a population of 410,929. p. 22 It is subdivided into 11 cantons. For administrative purposes, the island , offshore in the Pacific ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pájaros Island Biological Reserve
Pájaros Island Biological Reserve ( es, Reserva Biológica Isla Pájaros), is a protected area in Costa Rica, managed under the Central Pacific Conservation Area, it was created in 1976 by decree 5963-A. Pájaros Island lies 500 meters off the coast of the gulf basin, and has a very hot and dry climate. The plant species that grow on the islet are deciduous and semi-deciduous, such as the wild guava and fig The fig is the edible fruit of ''Ficus carica'', a species of small tree in the flowering plant family Moraceae. Native to the Mediterranean and western Asia, it has been cultivated since ancient times and is now widely grown throughout the world ... trees. References Nature reserves in Costa Rica Protected areas established in 1976 {{CostaRica-protected-area-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Punta Leona Wildlife Refuge
Punta is an Afro-indigenous dance and cultural music originating in the Caribbean Island of Saint Vincent And The Grenadines by the Garifuna people before being exiled from the island. Which is also known as Yurumei. It has African and Arawak elements which are also the characteristics of the Garifuna language. Punta is the best-known traditional dance belonging to the Garifuna community. It is also known as banguity or bunda, before the first arrival of the Garifuna people in Punta Gorda, Roatan, Honduras on April 12, 1797. The diaspora of Garifuna people, commonly called the "Garifuna Nation", dates back to the amalgamation of West African slaves and the Arawak and Carib Amerindians. Punta is used to reaffirm and express the struggle felt by the indigenous population's common heritage through cultural art forms, such as dance and music, and to highlight their strong sense of endurance as well as reconnecting back to the ancestors of the Garifuna people. Besides Honduras, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Páramo Wildlife Refuge
Páramo () can refer to a variety of alpine tundra ecosystems located in the Andes Mountain Range, South America. Some ecologists describe the páramo broadly as "all high, tropical, montane vegetation above the continuous timberline". A narrower term classifies the páramo according to its regional placement in the northern Andes of South America and adjacent southern Central America. The páramo is the ecosystem of the regions above the continuous forest line, yet below the permanent snowline. It is a "Neotropical high mountain biome with a vegetation composed mainly of giant rosette plants, shrubs and grasses". According to scientists, páramos may be "evolutionary hot spots", that meaning that it's among the fastest evolving regions on Earth. Location The Northern Andean Páramo global ecoregion includes the Cordillera Central páramo (Ecuador, Peru), Santa Marta páramo (Colombia), Cordillera de Merida páramo (Venezuela) and Northern Andean páramo (Colombia, Ecuador) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Transilvania Private Wildlife Refuge
Transilvania Private Wildlife Refuge ( es, Refugio de Vida Silvestre Privado Transilvania), is a protected area in Costa Rica, managed under the Central Pacific Conservation Area Central Pacific Conservation Area is an administrative area which is managed by SINAC for the purposes of conservation in the southwestern part of Costa Rica, on the Pacific coast. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tivives Protected Zone
Tivives Protected Zone ( es, Zona Protectora Tivives), is a protected area in Costa Rica, managed under the Central Pacific Conservation Area Central Pacific Conservation Area is an administrative area which is managed by SINAC for the purposes of conservation in the southwestern part of Costa Rica, on the Pacific coast. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
San Lucas Island National Park
San Lucas Island National Park ( es, Parque Nacional Isla San Lucas) is an island located off the Pacific shore of Costa Rica in the Gulf of Nicoya. It is part of the Puntarenas district of Puntarenas Canton of the province of Puntarenas. Formerly housing a brutal prison, now abandoned, the island was designated as a National Park in August 2020 by decree 9892 and managed under the Central Pacific Conservation Area. Toponymy Named for Luke the Evangelist. Geography San Lucas Island located in the Gulf of Nicoya off the Pacific coast of Costa Rica, about 40 minutes by boat from Puntarenas. The island has an area of approximately Indigenous culture Indigenous groups lived on San Lucas and the surrounding islands. There are eight known archeological sites on the island, including apparent houses where stone tools and a metal object were found in the late 1970s. The excavation sites date to between 1,000 and 1,500 AD. Prison From 1873 to 1991, San Lucas Island was a penal islan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Redondo Hill Private Wildlife Refuge
Redondo Hill Private Wildlife Refuge ( es, Refugio de Vida Silvestre Privado Cerro Redondo), is a protected area in Costa Rica, managed under the Central Pacific Conservation Area Central Pacific Conservation Area is an administrative area which is managed by SINAC for the purposes of conservation in the southwestern part of Costa Rica, on the Pacific coast. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Puntarenas Estuary And Associated Mangrove Swamps Wetland
Puntarenas Estuary and Associated Mangrove Swamps Wetland ( es, Humedal Estero Puntarenas y Manglares Asociados), is a protected area in Costa Rica, managed under the Central Pacific Conservation Area Central Pacific Conservation Area is an administrative area which is managed by SINAC for the purposes of conservation in the southwestern part of Costa Rica, on the Pacific coast. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Portalón Mixed Wildlife Refuge
Portalón Mixed Wildlife Refuge ( es, Refugio de Vida Silvestre Mixto Portalón), is a protected area in Costa Rica, managed under the Central Pacific Conservation Area Central Pacific Conservation Area is an administrative area which is managed by SINAC for the purposes of conservation in the southwestern part of Costa Rica, on the Pacific coast. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Playa Hermosa-Punta Mala Wildlife Refuge
Playa Hermosa-Punta Mala Wildlife Refuge (''Hermosa Beach-Mala Point Wildlife Refuge'', es, Refugio de Vida Silvestre Playa Hermosa-Punta Mala), is a protected area in Costa Rica, managed under the Central Pacific Conservation Area Central Pacific Conservation Area is an administrative area which is managed by SINAC for the purposes of conservation in the southwestern part of Costa Rica, on the Pacific coast. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
