The Biological Corridor Project in the Piedras Blancas National Park, Costa Rica. A project to preserve the biodiversity by reforestation and alternative culture, with support of the community La Gamba by new marketing strategies / El proyecto de corredor biológico en el Parque Nacional Piedras Blancas, Costa Rica. Un proyecto para preservar la biodiversidad mediante la reforestación y cultivos alternativos, con el apoyo de la comunidad de la Gamba de nuevas estrategias de comercialización

Author(s)

Anton Weissenhofer, Marianela Barquero, Werner Huber, Veronika Mayer, Julio Nájera Umana

Abstract

The objective of this project is to promote the establishment of biological corridors at several places around the Piedras

Blancas National Park. The corridors are intended to connect existing forest islands with the national park. Thus, migration and

genetic exchange of forest plants and animals will be enabled, counteracting the global loss of species. As most of the affected areas

are private land, an action plan has been worked out together with the local people to develop sustainable methods of land

use in the corridors, such as reforestation with native tree species and permaculture. The project is based on the conviction that

the remnants of the world¿s rainforests can only be maintained permanently by involving the local people and by ensuring sustainable

land use and adequate food supply for the families. The development of a regional marketing program for handcrafts and

cosmetic products should improve the economic situation of the families. The project will contribute both to the protection of

the biodiversity of the region and to the economic survival of the local people.

Organisation(s)

External organisation(s)

Verein zur Förderung der Tropenstation La Gamba

Pages

715-723

No. of pages

Publication date

2008

Austrian Fields of Science 2012

106003 Biodiversity research, 106008 Botany

Sustainable Development Goals

SDG 15 - Life on Land

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