Cabo Blanco Reserve in Costa Rica

Posted on Nov 16, 2008

The beautiful Reserve of Cabo Blanco in Costa Rica is located in the province of Puntarenas, on the southern tip of the Nicoya Peninsula. It was created through Executive Order of the Costa Rica Goverment in Oct. 21, 1963. Its length is of 1,172 hectares in the terrestrial and 1790 hectares at the marine area.  Cabo Blanco is a haven for species of flora and fauna of the Pacific area and for large numbers of marine species. It is of great importance for its scenic beauty.  Cabo Blanco is located within the zone of moist tropical forest life. It is dominated by evergreen species mixed with deciduous species. Some of the most common species are the Jobo, the Indian naked, the arbutus, the Guácimo, the Guarumo, the chaperno and the pochotea species of great commercial value in Costa Rica.

In the areas of primary forest, highlights the medlar, the pochote and the espavel. In this wild area have been reported 119 species of trees. The fauna in the reserve is not very diverse. However, there are species of mammals such as deer, monkeys like the congo and the red faced, the porcupine, the guatusa, the tepezcuinte, the martilla, the coyote, armadillo or cusuco and the ocelot or Caucel. Seabirds are very numerous, particularly brown pelicans, the Frigate bird, the gulls, the terns and brown boobies all found in Costa Rica.

For its part, the most characteristic land birds are the toledo, the magpie, the Cattle egret, the bearded vulture, the red widow, the green heron, the chachalaca, the kingfisher, the parakeet yellow wing and the buzzard red head. Within the marine environments the explorer can see large numbers of fishes, crabs, quitones, burgos, lobsters, cambutes, shrimp, clams and many other species. There are four programs in the reservation. The research program aims to develop research, as well as establishing and implementing the necessary measures for its control and supervision in Costa Rica. The maintenance program was established for the improvement and construction of facilities inside the reserve. Is basically the program which function is to keep the Reserve working properly

The Agenda for Protection in Costa Rica prevents illegal actions inside the reserve as hunting, fishing, fire and any extraction of forest products. The Environmental Education Program supports community relations to create a favorable atmosphere between the inhabitants of the area surrounding the reserve. It also ensures the attention of national and foreign tourists who visit this reservation and others like it in Costa Rica.

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