Bio-diversity

La Amistad International Park, covering most of the Cordillera de Talamanca in his shed Pac fico. Composed land parts that rise from sea level to high altitude formation n pa s (Chirrip). Share with n Conservation area of La Amistad-Caribe, La Amistad International Park, a World Heritage Site and Biosphere Reserve, exceptional value cient fico, ny natural beauty of Preservation. In the year 1982 the International Friendship Park becomes part of the rea n cleo the La Amistad Biosphere Reserve, to receive this denomination n with neighboring protected wilderness areas and territories will ind genas aleda both industry Pac fico as the Costa Rican Caribbean. It is the largest protected wildlife area of pa ms s currently the only binational character of car it is continuous in Panamanian territory or an extension with n greater than 200000 ha. "International" is called because the neighbor pa s of Panam in whose territory spans 207,000 hectare protected areas. Its area includes forests very h Medes, rain and cloud, as well as regions crowned peaks and rock masses where ci fr nagas are restricted to areas as small as high. In the park there are seven life zones and six zones of transition n. This guitar character, which adds to Costa Rica to act as part of the bridge biol ues Am rica filter between South and North Am rica, is the great value of this gifted high biodiversity park in which we find an n h extraordinary number of habitats, resulting from differences in altitude, soil, climate and topography to, such as, bouquets, ci nagas, oak, strawberry tree ales, the fern and mixed forests. The park is surrounded by Ind Reservations Chirrip nous, Tayn, Telire slope of Talamanca and ntica Atl; Reserves and Ujarr s Ind nous, Salitre and Cabagra the Pac fico Shed of the Cordillera de Talamanca. The Associatio n Br bl Kan bripa part of the population n ind gena living in Buenos Aires cant n of Puntarenas. N The organization has 17 direct members and 14 families, with an average of 80 people who benefit from the project. 450 hect safeguard areas of primary, secondary forest and REGENERATI n, n conservation that keep low payment for environmental services and by developing activities and sustainable econ micas. The protected area is surrounded by large ranches owners who do not do pr environmentally sustainable practices, so the work that the organization n is vital to keep these 450 hectares. forest and promote connectivity with other areas that feed the entire protected area of the region n. With the passage of time and effort contributed by the partners and families we have made progress on: capacity building in tourism, agriculture org nica, environment and others through the National Training Institute and other institutions, planning ny execution n tours with cultural activities for national and international tourists, paths for the realization of tours n, n a garden of medicinal plants, a multipurpose Rancho (aut ctona structure). In the year 2008, on the initiative of the organization n, doors Programme Peque as GEF Grants touched, in order to present the initiative for the construction n the Cultural-Tur Center stico and ste was approved by the committee national steering in the amount of $ 20,400.s Associatio n RUNNING efficiently the project and made an optimized use of resources econ monkeys. Bribrip adem s logr, supported and accompanied AND ENVIRONMENT ACT, be the first Posada Rural Property in obtaining ind gena Declaration Tur guitar. However, the purpose of the Cultural Center stico-Tur sustainable economic ically, we see the need to increase the capacity of hosting as we have had to withdraw to receive groups over 10 people. Additionally, we need to strengthen the promotion of Bribrip n, and ny pr conservation practices of sustainable forest use. In this context Br bl bripa Kan asks the Peque as Grants Program of the Global Environment Facility (GEF-SGP), to continue to support and promote the sustainable development of our community and productive project.

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