Bio-diversity

High rates of deforestation reached between 1950 and 1980 to you in Costa Rica led to a process of destruction n, n reduction, DEGRADATION ny n fragmentation of natural habitats h led to the transformation p and n loss of 75% of your coverage Natural (FAO 1990, Watson et l. 1996 S nchez-Azofeifa et l., 2001). Today, thanks to the efforts by the government, the cooperation international n and the general population, it has managed to increase to 45% forest cover of the country (SINAC 2005), of which 25% is protected by any of the eight category as protected wildlife area (ASP) that exist in the pa s (Watson et l. 1996, Garc a 1996a and 2002). To restore and maintain the connectivity to trav s landscape, has proposed the creation of biol runners n cal (CB). A CB can be viewed as a modified link h habitat where n is the activities aimed at encouraging mobility of individuals between different fragments naturally h habitat (Beier and Noss 1998, Bennett 1998, 2002 Garc to develop , Tewksbury et l., 2002). Costa Rica took a big step in the year 2006, initiating the strategy of national connectivity through the publication of Executive Decree No. 33106-MINAE creating the National Corridors Program Biol cal: A Strategy for Conservation of biodiversity; where s in addition provides in art ass No. 4, subsection c), The biol cal corridors determined by this National Programme, n will have priority in framing of policies and institutional strategies pol Conservation, especially the PES. The National Corridors Program Biol cal (CBPP) is located within the institutional structure of the National System of Conservation areas (SINAC) of the Ministry of Environment Energ ay Telecommunications (MINAET). Being a really new institutional program, it is important to promote a good start of it, encouraging support for regional programs biol logical broker in charge of SINAC Conservation areas, in order to benefit the work that councils develop n of the racers local cal biol. This project aims to support the process of communication n cal Biol National Corridors Program Costa Rica; ie the first steps boost visibility CBPP, supporting the development of operational needs especially to publicize the actions that is developing and strengthening the platform as coordination between the state and civil society to establish, develop and continuity initiatives to biol cal corridors. N The intention of CBPP is to provide national and international society its activities to promote the establishment and consolidation of different biol cal pa s corridors through regional structures legally recognized by the SINAC. This process has been known for the Tropical Centre Cient fico, who has decided to support him because of the consistency with the objectives of the organization.

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