Arenal Tempisque Conservation Area ( es, Área de Conservación Arenal Tempisque (ACAT)), is an administrative area which is managed by
SINAC National System of Conservation Areas (SINAC, es, 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, an ...
for the purposes of conservation in the northwest part of
Costa Rica, near the
Arenal Volcano
Arenal Volcano ( es, Volcán Arenal) is an active andesitic stratovolcano in north-western Costa Rica around northwest of San José, in the province of Alajuela, canton of San Carlos, and district of La Fortuna. The Arenal volcano measure ...
and covering part of the
Cordillera de Tilarán
Costa Rica is located on the Central American Isthmus, surrounding the point 10° north of the equator and 84° west of the prime meridian. It has 212 km of Caribbean Sea coastline and 1,016 on the Pacific Ocean, North Pacific Ocean.
The ar ...
and
Cordillera de Guanacaste
The Cordillera de Guanacaste, also called Guanacaste Cordillera, are a volcanic mountain range in northern Costa Rica near the border with Nicaragua. The mountain range stretches 110 km from northwest to the southeast and contains mostly com ...
. It contains a number of
National Park
A national park is a natural park in use for conservation purposes, created and protected by national governments. Often it is a reserve of natural, semi-natural, or developed land that a sovereign state declares or owns. Although individua ...
s,
Wildlife refuge
A nature reserve (also known as a wildlife refuge, wildlife sanctuary, biosphere reserve or bioreserve, natural or nature preserve, or nature conservation area) is a protected area of importance for flora, fauna, or features of geological o ...
s and Protected Zones. The area was previously known as ''Arenal Tilarán Conservation Area''.
Protected areas
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Abangares River Basin Protected Zone
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Arenal-Monteverde Protected Zone
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Barbudal Hillocks Biological Reserve
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Cipancí Wildlife Refuge
The Cipancí Wildlife Refuge is a Wildlife refuge of Costa Rica
Costa Rica (, ; ; literally "Rich Coast"), officially the Republic of Costa Rica ( es, República de Costa Rica), is a country in the Central American region of North Ameri ...
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Madrigal Lake Wetland
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Miravalles Jorge Manuel Dengo National Park
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Miravalles Protected Zone
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Palo Verde National Park
Palo Verde National Park ( es, Parque Nacional Palo Verde), is a national park of Costa Rica, part of the Arenal Tempisque Conservation Area, that contains much of the area of the valley of the Tempisque River and covers an area of 45,492 acres ...
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Taboga Forest Reserve
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Tenorio Protected Zone
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Tenorio Volcano National Park
Tenorio Volcano National Park ( es, Parque Nacional Volcán Tenorio) is a National Park in the northern part of Costa Rica, which forms part of the Arenal Tempisque Conservation Area. The jewel of the National Park is the Tenorio Volcano, from w ...
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Zapandí Riverine Wetlands
See also
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Arenal Huetar Norte Conservation Area, where
Arenal Volcano National Park
Arenal Volcano National Park ( es, Parque Nacional Volcán Arenal) is a Costa Rican national park in the central part of the country, part of the Arenal Huetar Norte Conservation Area. The park encompasses the Arenal Volcano, the most active in ...
is managed.
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Curi Cancha Wildlife Refuge, a private wildlife refuge located near the area.
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Alberto Manuel Brenes Biological Reserve, previously managed in this area, now in
Central Conservation Area
Central Conservation Area ( es, 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. I ...
References
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Conservation Areas of Costa Rica