Alvaro Ugalde, the father of Costa Rican Conservation is asking us to send letters to the Costa Rican President concerning the rapid resort development affecting endangered species, including Jaguars.
Click here to read the letter from Alvaro Ugalde.
On my trip to Costa Rica last year, I saw the alarming speed with which development is taking place in the northern province of Guanacaste. The Osa, in the south, has been spared this fate, but not for long. While The Nature Conservancy and other groups have been working to create a biological corridor between the Piedras Blancas and Corcovado Parks, speculators and developers have been moving in to buy up crucial lands needed for this effort.
These new developments outlined in Alvaro’s letter are taking place within the biological corridor and represent the worst nightmare of activists working to save the fragile populations of rare species which include Jaguars, Tapirs, other wild cats, four species of monkeys, Scarlet Macaws and many more.
The Osa is one of the most important reservoirs of biodiversity. Any development projects here destroy more rare species than almost anywhere on earth. Future Jaguar is dedicated to supporting conservation in Osa and the groups and individuals working there. We are also interested in working with those who are buying land and building vacation and retirement homes in Central America, to harness their good intentions and help them do the right thing by the wildlife, by managing and enhancing their land for the benefit of rare species.
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Click here to read the letter from Alvaro Ugalde.
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Click here to read more from Alvaro Ugalde on the destruction taking place in Osa Peninsula:
