Project
Área de Conservación Guanacaste
Guanacaste Province • Costa Rica Started in January 1985 Active Conservation, Education, Natural Forest Management, Research, Restoration, Tourism
Summary
Área de Conservación Guanacaste (ACG) is a 169,000-hectare protected area in northwest Costa Rica that contains 65% of the country's biodiversity and almost 3% of the world's terrestrial biodiversity. ACG is an almost 40-year-old pilot project for restoration and conservation of tropical biodiversity into perpetuity, through innovation, collaboration, science, and home-grown understanding of the natural world. As such, ACG programs and projects with GDFCF are highly regarded...