Central Pacific Conservation Area 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 southwestern part of Costa Rica, on the

Pacific The Pacific Ocean is the largest and deepest of Earth's five oceanic divisions. It extends from the Arctic Ocean in the north to the Southern Ocean (or, depending on definition, to Antarctica) in the south, and is bounded by the continen ...

coast.SINAC
, retrieved 18 March 2015 It contains four

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, and a number

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 other types of

nature reserve 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 or ...

Protected areas

Carara National Park Carara National Park is a national park in the Central Pacific Conservation Area located near the Pacific coast of Costa Rica. It was established on 27 April 1978 as a biological reserve, but its growing popularity after 1990 forced the governmen ...

* El Chompipe Hill Protected Zone * Finca Barú del Pacífico Mixed Wildlife Refuge * Hacienda La Avellana Mixed Wildlife Refuge *

La Cangreja National Park La Cangreja National Park, until 2002 the Cerro de la Cangreja Protected Zone, is a National Park in the Puriscal Canton of San José Province, in west-central Costa Rica. It is a part of the Central Pacific Conservation Area, near the Pacific Oce ...

* La Ensenada Mixed Wildlife Refuge *

Manuel Antonio National Park Manuel Antonio National Park ( es, Parque Nacional Manuel Antonio) is a small national park in the Central Pacific Conservation Area located on the Pacific coast of Costa Rica, just south of the city of Quepos, Puntarenas, and from the national ...

* Montes de Oro Protected Zone *

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 ...

* Peñas Blancas Wildlife Refuge *

Playa Blanca Marine Wetland Playa Blanca Marine Wetland (''Blanca Beach Marine Wetland'', es, Humedal Marino Playa Blanca), is a protected area in Costa Rica, managed under the Central Pacific Conservation Area Central Pacific Conservation Area is an administrative area w ...

* Playa Hermosa-Punta Mala Wildlife Refuge * Portalón Mixed Wildlife Refuge *

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 admi ...

* Redondo Hill Private Wildlife Refuge *

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. Former ...

* Tivives Protected Zone * Transilvania Private Wildlife Refuge

References

External links

Central Pacific Conservation Area
at Costa Rica National Parks site {{CostaRica-protected-area-stub Conservation Areas of Costa Rica