Costa Rica
About Costa Rica
Costa Rica, located in the heart of Central America, is a small country, known for its amazing rainforests and exotic birds and animals. However, since WWII, it has lost 80% of that unique rainforest. In the past couple of decades, the Costa Rican government realized the importance of that natural resource, and has become a world leader in conservation and reforestation. The Pierella Rainforest Reclamation Project is taking advantage of the stable government support for work like ours.
- Costa Rica has the highest Biodiversity on the planet.
- It comprises 0.03% of the land surface, but has ~6% of the species – 50 times more than “average” places
- There are over 1,500 species of butterfly native to Costa Rica
