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National
Parks and Reserves in Costa Rica. The protection of Costa
Rica's natural heritage is managed by the respective national
parks and reserves. These areas protect many species of
mammals, birds, amphibians, reptiles, fresh and salt water
fish, and a vast number of identified vascular plants-representing
4% of the world's total floral and faunal species.
In
addition, these management groups protect examples of
almost all the existing natural habitats such as deciduous
forests, mangrove swamps, rain forests, herbaceous swamps,
cloud forests, paramos, hilillo forests and marshlands.
They also protect areas of historical and archaeological
interest, such as pre-Columbian settlements and early
battlefields, as well as beautiful areas of scenic interest,
such as beaches, valleys and waterfalls. But above all,
the areas of particular interest to the conservationist
are the zones which protect the last remaining examples
of Central American dry forest and the beaches where the
sea turtles nest.
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The
Costa Rica Tourist Board (ICT), as the entity in charge
of tourist activities, has assumed the task of seeing
that tourism directly contributes to conservation. To
achieve this goal, ICT cooperates with other State institutions
such as the Ministry of Natural Resources, Energy and
Mines (MIRENEM)-whose National Parks Service manages 20
national parks, 8 biological reserves and a national monument.
In addition, the Forestry Service has responsibility for
27 protected areas and 9 forest reserves while the Wildlife
Office manages 9 wildlife refuges. The 74 units, covering
an area 1,154,945 hectares, represent 25% of the national
territory (as of August, 1993), which means that Costa
Rica has a larger percentage of its total area set aside
in parks and preserves than any other country on Earth.
The
protection of Costa Rica's natural resources has implications
beyond its borders because they encompass an incredible
biodiversity, including numerous species on the verge
of extinction. All of this is the reason the country has
become one of the most popular destinations for visiting
ecologists and biologists.
On
the whole, access to these areas and facilities are freely
available provided the visitor respects the need to protect
them. These protected areas are ideal for hiking and rafting,
for watching the birds and other wildlife, for camping
and just for enjoying in general, their rivers, beaches,
jungles, mountain forests, volcanoes as well as their
historic and archaeological sites.
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