Ridge to Reef

About

This project represents a socially and technologically based climate corridor project in south-eastern Costa Rica. It will connect Highland forest, Lowland Rainforest, Mangrove wetlands and Coral reef and sea grasses.
In total One Tree Planted will be supporting the planting of 348,000 trees in the following areas:

Highland forest : Talamanca Mountain Range in the AmistOsa Biological Corridor (San Vito area)
Lowland rainforest: Riparian areas within the corridor connecting La Amistad International Peace Park, Piedras Blancas National Park, and Corcovado National Park.
Mangrove: Terraba Sierpe National Wetlands.

Conserving such elevation gradients can also provide the best opportunity to provide local and regional micro climate refugia (areas for species to survive outside of their regular distributions) – such features will be critical for the survival of species in a rapidly shifting climate.
This is especially important as Southern Costa Rica arguably hosts the two most important sites for conservation in Central America: the Osa Peninsula (home to approximately half of the country’s 500,000 species) located on the Pacific coast and La Amistad National Park, the largest remaining forest in central America encompassed within the rugged Talamanca mountain range.

Abandonment

Approx. 2001

First tree planted

May 11, 2018

Planting density

1500 - 5000 trees per ha

Employees

Planting seasons

April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November and December.

Main challenge

Vast landscapes

Site ownership

Private, Public Property, Small Holding, Communal Land and Owned by Owner.
Malcolm since 2001

Cause of degradation

Deforestation for animal grazing/pastureland and lumber

Why this site?

Throughout the whole mountain range, it's parcelled by farms which has separated the natural biological corridors.

Long term protection

Create 2 biological corridors connecting the Amistad National Park and the coastal ecosystem of the Osa region.

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