Help ASANA Conserve Costa Rica's Pacific Coast

Greetings from the Path of the Tapir Biological Corridor.  We’ve spent a lot of time on community outreach this last quarter as we begin to wrap up both of our remaining substantial grants: a “Debt-for-Nature Swap” (go to this link if you wish to learn more: www.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Debt-for-nature_swap) and a small grant from the United Nations Development Program (UNDP). With funding from UNDP we designed and commissioned signs that we have placed at the three major road entrances in the Corridor.  We’ve also worked with three local communities to paint beautiful wall murals depicting scenes from the Corridor. As part of this effort, we have been able to revive our community and school outreach program and have visited various communities along the length of the Corridor to raise awareness, focusing our World Environment Day (June 5) efforts on two strategically located communities – Portalón and Uvita. One of our board members accompanied our executive director on an over-flight, (donated by CAVU - www.cavusite.org), of the Corridor that proved very informative. We were able to observe areas where natural reforestation is happening quickly and other, more problematic areas where new housing construction is threating already precarious points of important connectivity in the Corridor. Finally, did you know that almost 100% of all the water that we use in the communities of the Path of the Tapir is actually generated by the Corridor? Water production is such an important function of the Path of the Tapir that we have initiated the Corridor’s first full inventory of rivers, streams, and springs to better ensure the long-term conservation of this vital resource.

As always, we thank you for your continued support of ASANA!