Biological corridors are masses of vegetation that allow the flow of genes and species between ecosystems that have been fragmented. It’s function is to ensure connectivity through the maintenance of the areas with conserved vegetation that still exist, and the recovery of the vegetation that has been lost. These spaces full of life have the ultimate goal of maintaining and restoring the biodiversity and it’s ecological evolutive processes.
Santuario Macao is found in the central West of the Biological Corridar Paso de las Lapas (CBPL) in the Conservation Area of the Central Pacific in West Costa Rica. CBLP in conjunction with Carara National Park, La Cangreja National Park, Castro Cervanties Wild Life Reserve, Protective Zone of Cerros Turrubares, Santuario Macao and other protected areas of similar private character are working in reestablishing the connectivity of these protected areas within their limits, placing the scarlet macaw as the umbrella species of the corridor.
The successful experience of the last decades in the restoration of the ecosystems of Santuario Macao encourages us to transmit the acquired knowledge. It also encourages us to carry out projects outside our territorial limits. Aware of the socio-environmental needs of the area, we have committed ourselves to work tenaciously for the well-being of the landscape, biodiversity and the local societies of the CBPL.
CBPL has been confronting diverse social and environmental problems in the last few years, such as the burn of forests and grasslands, extensive livestock farming, the illegal felling of trees, the consequent loss of habitats for native species, the hunting of local fauna, and so forth. Facing these problems, the CBR foundation works to support the productivity and the processes of economic development that are friendly to the environment, such as the reforestation of native species, agroforestry systems, ecotourism, the production of chocolate, apiculture amongst others. In this way, we can slow down the pressure upon natural resources and strengthen the incentives for conservation of these, as well as the value of its function as buffers for external meteorological phenomena.
The successful experience of the last decades in the restoration of the ecosystems of Santuario Macao encourages us to transmit the acquired knowledge. It also encourages us to carry out projects outside our territorial limits. Aware of the socio-environmental needs of the area, we have committed ourselves to work tenaciously for the well-being of the landscape, biodiversity and the local societies of the CBPL.
