Crocodile Bay September Ecotour Report
By Alberto Herrera - Eco Director
Welcome
to the Osa Peninsula and the
Gateway to Corcovado National Park
Crocodile Bay Resort is Costa Rica’s finest Fishing
and Eco-Tour destination. The resort is situated on 44 acres
of lush tropical gardens with 40 air-conditioned rooms in
Puerto Jimenez on Costa Rica's South Pacific Coast (Osa Peninsula).
The
South Pacific Coast of Costa Rica, specifically the Osa Península
is one of few places on earth where so much biological diversity
can be found within a relatively small geographical area.
The Osa Península
In
1988, an ecodevelopment program (BOSCOSA) was initiated by
Costa Rica’s Fundacion Neotropica and by U.S.- based
World Wildlife Fund (WWF-US) to improve the economical and
ecological situation in the in the region. The BOSCOSA efforts
include research, training, sustainable community forestry,
natural forest management, land purchase, reforestation, agro
forestry, and cultivation of ornamentals, environmental education,
artisanry and ecotourism.
Conservation
initiatives have received support from Conservation International,
The Nature Conservancy, WWF-US, Catholic Relief Service, Organization
of American States and the Costa Rican, Austrian, Danish,
Dutch, Swedish and U.S. governments among others.
In
1987, The Costa Rican Government started to integrate park
management and community outreach in nine regional Areas of
Conservation (AC’s). Today the AC’s are eleven
and the government is trying to add more protected areas.
The
Osa Conservation Area (ACOSA) is one out of eleven Conservation
Areas in Costa Rica and includes 17 protected wildlife areas.
Some
wildlife areas are:
The
Corcovado National Park was created on October 24th 1975 and
is located in the only Lowland Rain Forests still extant on
the Pacific side of Central America.
The
abundant rainfall with 217 inches of rain per year coupled
with a short three-month dry season seems to be ideal for
plants growth, for these forests are by far the most exuberant
in Central America.
In
fact, the Corcovado forests are just as impressive in height
as the best forests in the Central American Pacific Coast
and it has strong floristic affinities with the Colombian
Chocó Forest.
There are thirteen major ecosystems described within the Park;
So,
in your next visit to Crocodile Bay Resort, the Corcovado
National Park tour is one of the best options of our 26 tours
available.
References
1.
An Introductory Field Guide to the Flowering Plants of the
Golfo Dulce Rain Forest. Weber, Anton (Editor)
2. Costa Rican Natural History. Janzen, Daniel (Editor)
Alberto
Herrera,
Crocodile Bay Resort
Puerto Jimenez, Costa Rica
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