News
Text EARTHDAY to 20222
March 9, 2010 · Leave a Comment
Now you can take part in an Earth Day event and project from the comfort of your own home. Your $10 donation will go towards our continued commitment to assist the Southeastern region of Costa Rica build and grow in a sustainable and healthy way. This region is one of the very few left in the country where marinas, hotels, and big business have not taken over. Our organization promotes pride building events, conducts environmental monitoring, consults local businesses on ecologically responsible ways to conduct business, and promotes capacity building projects for local Indigenous. By Texting... [Read the full story]
Costa Rica
Reptiles and Amphibians
November 26, 2009 · Leave a Comment
When you think of Costa Rica, your mind wanders from world-class sport fishing and pristine beaches; to lush tropical forests with 100 meter tall waterfalls, parrots flying overhead, and toucans and monkeys dropping palm nuts from tree tops. If you focus your attention close up on the trees and the leaf litter, a new fascinating world can will be opened up to you. Depending on the source, Costa Rica can be home to more than 12 climactic zones. These varied zones provide the perfect weather and rainfall for around 400 species of reptiles and amphibians. A diverse group of animals; reptiles and... [Read the full story]
Conservation
Dart Frog Calling From a Tree
December 25, 2009 · 1 Comment
Check out this video of a nice little D. pumilio dart frog calling from a tree in HD video. Strawberry dart frogs are found all over this region of Costa Rica, and most if not all are red with black markings. Across the border in Panama, near Bocas Del Toro, they are variable, including at least 16 locale color morphs. AKPC_IDS += "503,";Popularity: 51% Read More →
Water Testing
Hach Partnership
November 16, 2009 · Leave a Comment
HACH COMPANY manufactures and distributes analytical instruments and reagents used to test the quality of water and other aqueous solutions. Our systems are designed to simplify analysis, and offer: complete, easy-to-follow methods high-quality prepared reagents accurate portable, laboratory, and on-line instrumentation life-time technical support Our goal is to offer quality products and competent, friendly support. Hach has ensured long term water quality testing throughout the region of our projects by stepping up to be a title sponsor for our Twearth Day Sixaola Water Testing Event. Hach... [Read the full story]
Partnerships
Jaguar Rescue Center Rehabilitating Primates with Wild Counterparts.
February 19, 2010 · Leave a Comment
A partner facility, Jaguar Rescue Center in Playa Chiquita, Costa Rica, has been introducing their rehab howler monkeys to a wild troop for two months. Over 6000 miles and an entire ocean away from Barcelona Zoo where Encar Vila formerly kept gorillas and other primates, she gently sits down on a blanket covering the thick Costa Rica grass. Suddently she is mauled by 6 little black howler monkeys (Alouatta caraya). Instead of fear and worrying about getting bit and scratched, Encar starts smiling and you can see the love and affection in her eyes for the babies she has saved from pet... [Read the full story]
Blog
Red Frog Team
March 8, 2010 · Leave a Comment
Living and working in a caribbean coastal town has it’s advantages of course, and one of the biggest is having La Amistad World Heritage Site Directly under our feet! Having all this lush vegetation and wildlife in our backyards draws on the conservationist, outdoorsman, wildlife and plant nut in all of us. It is that draw that pulls in people like us, and allows paths to cross. Normally we may never meet someone from a continent away, however here we have common goals. Such is the case as our chance meeting yesterday with Toto from the Red Frog Team in Germany. RedFrogTeam.net is a... [Read the full story]
Biological Surveys
Dart Frog Calling From a Tree
Check out this video of a nice little D. pumilio dart frog calling from a tree in HD video. Strawberry dart frogs are found all over this region of Costa Rica, and most if not all are red with black markings. Across the border in Panama, near Bocas Del Toro, they are variable, including at least 16 locale color morphs. AKPC_IDS += "503,";Popularity:... Read more of this article
Bio-surveys
“As we cannot know the reason for a fact before we know the fact, we cannot know what a thing is before we know that it is” – Aristotle. As the above quote implies, we need to know what is there before we can begin to understand how to manage it. A biological survey is the starting line in the marathon Project Green Jungle is warming... Read more of this article
Hitoy Cerere
Hitoy Cerere is one of 11 SINAC Reserves which have been turned into multi-use land management areas. With an integration of conservation efforts as well as main stream land use practices, these SINAC reserves have laid the groundwork for the next evolution in responsible resource management. With a vision which encourages projects like ours to develop... Read more of this article
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