NATURAL RESOURCES

Costa Rica has a diversity of highest of the world. Their irregular tropical location with a altitudinal scope that goes from the level of the sea to 4000 TM and their ístmica position that allowed to the migration of species between the continental masses of North and the South America is perhaps the fundamental aspects that they define this valuable characteristic. In order to understand the diversity of species it is necessary to know something of geologic history and the present geographic characteristics in Costa Rica. This territory began to exist 100 million ago years. In those times there was solely a marine channel abierto with many islands, separating both old subcontinents but. Nevertheless like parts of Nicaragua and Panama, this is one of the young land strips but of the continent. Due to tectonic movements by the west, in agreement the Coconut plate slid under the most stable Caribbean plate, it went away formed a narrow terrestrial bridge that united to North and the South America. This earth strip was constituted by a rise in the south-east portion (what it is today the Mountain range of Talamanca) and a volcanic formation that extends towards the north (the mounts of the Avocado and Tilarán). Thus an intensive process of mixture of species began, since the plants and animal emigrated vice versa by this runner of north to the south and. On the other hand, the new marine strip began a process of diversification between the species of both seas due to its geographic position to 10° of North latitude, the exhibited country this during almost all the year to the tradewinds of the northwest that come from the Caribbean and arrive loaded from humidity. This causes that coastal regions, most of the mountainous plains of the North and slopes that receive those winds have forts precipitations.

Observation of Birds

Thanks to the location geographic in which is Costa Rica, between two great masses America de Norte and Sur and bathed by the two great oceans the Caribbean and Pacific, it owns great diversity of flora and fauna. Costa Rica has an enormous variety of habitats and but the great diversity of birds in an area as large as New Scotland or Ireland, our country has approximately 850 species of birds of which 600 are resident and the rest is migratory during the winter those that they move generally towards the South America. Have you planned a trip for the observation of birds? Atrévase to do it and will be able to observe the birds in different and beautiful regions from our country.

Gardens and Orchids

Costa Rica has reached world-wide fame by the enormous variety of orchids that are in their forests and forests. Many of these species are exhibited in a Botanical Garden, located in the neighborhoods of the city of Carthage, where the tourist will be able to admire them in a limited area, of great scientific interest by the variety of microclimates that she has, also can be observed in our different National Parks and Reserves. The National route by the Garden and Parks are realised by small footpaths and an experienced guide explains the details of these beautiful flowers, wild as as much hybrid, that there they keep, as well as other species of the tropical flora.

Protected Areas

From 1992 Costa Rica are soothes world-wide of the “ADVICE DE the Earth”, by its initiative in the field of the conservation of the natural resources. At the moment the National System of Area of Conservación (SINAC) of the Ministry of Atmosphere, Energy and Telecomunicaciones (MINAET) is under its responsibility the careful and the conservation of than 30 units scattered more by all the country that are constituted by a set of national parks or terrestrial and marine biological reserves. It is the country with greater protected surface of the world: 1.342, 900 hectares of surface, which corresponds to 26.3% of the national territory. The importance of the natural resources of Costa Rica extends its borders and protects forms of life, fauna and flora on the way to extinction. All that causes that the country becomes one of the favorite destinies for the ecological tourism. These areas count, in their majority, with facilities of access and demurrage to enjoy them, as long as the existing habitats are respected. In these protected zones ecological events of great importance in the continent can be realised long walks, observation of birds, campings and be enjoyed the rivers, beaches, the forests, the volcanos, historical and archaeological sites and, in addition, be observed. By its merits in the conservation of its natural resources, Costa Rica has been awarded with the prizes San Francisco de Asís and the prize of Ecology of the Organization SPEAR (Association of Agents of Trips of the United States) altogether with the Smithsonian Magazine.

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