Help Costa Rican locals care for 10.000 mangroves

One of the main activities of the Blue Communities Project is to create a mangrove nursery for the reforestation of Térraba Sierpe National Wetland.

The choice of the site to develop the nursery and the reforestation activities shall be developed by inhabitants of the wetland, leaders in their communities.

Ajuntaderas community in Sierpe is formed mainly by Fishermen and Piangueros (Andara tuberculosa harvesters) who maintain a very close relationship with wetland resources. That's where we found the Association of Ajuntaderas Piangueros (APA), a strong community group with important organizational capacity to carry out the activities mentioned above.

On September 14th we visited Ajuntaderas to present the project to the community, with very good reception from them. Subsequently, we performed a field recognition of the Sierpe River with members of the APA and ACOSA officials in order to choose the best place to carry out the mangrove nursery and the reforestation activities.

At Fundación Neotrópica we look forward to working with APA fishermen in 2014!

We oficially presented our Blue Communities Project  to local environmental authorities

Last May 22, we had the official presentation of the Blue Communities Project to the government officials of Osa Conservation Area (ACOSA, in Spanish), the local  environmental officers that manage the natural resources in the areas of work for Fundación Neotrópica and the fishermen communities.

This presentation was the first mileston of the activities planned for  the Project for 2013 and 2014. The Project aims to raise awareness of environmental issues,  related to mangroves in communities surrounding the Térraba Siérpe National Wetland (HNTS), through workshops and training in best practices and new sustainabe and productive activities

In order to  work strongly in environmental education and Mangrove Reforestation it is important for Fundación Neotrópica to have the local environmental authorities’  approval .

The activities will be developed according to the Management Plan of Térraba Sierpe National Wetland (HNTS), one of the most important wetlands in Central America’s Pacific. We will work in close coordination with ACOSA, hence the importance of having carried out this presentation to the officials. 

The first steps of our project has started since may, and now, with your support, it is going to transform the reality of these communities!  Thank you!