Baird’s tapir (Tapirus bairdii) Case Study
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Continent: North America
Country: Costa Rica
Grant Amount: $8,000
Awarded Date: February 12, 2021
Diego Gómez Hoyos
Soy Conservación
de la Fundación Costa Rica Canada, 50 m oeste 20 m sur
Lourdes
San Jose
40702
Costa Rica
Tel: (+506) 84828749
Mob: (+506) 84828749
Citizen science and conservation education as tools to empower rural communities conserving threatened species in La Amistad Biosphere Reserve
Our general objective will be to empower the rural communities at La Amistad Biosphere Reserve in the conservation of the threatened species present in the Río Cotón Watershed. In order to achieve this objective, we have three specific objectives: 1. Establishing a citizen science program in the rural communities for the monitoring of seven vertebrate threatened species. 2. Strengthening an education program for conservation in 14 local schools. 3. Designing a local conservation plan with participation of the community for the conservation of seven vertebrate threatened species.
Grant documents
- Scientific publication of the results of the citizen science program, with the most important results for the conservation of our target species.
- Scientific publication of the results of our project approach: integration of citizen science, education and conservation communication
- In this document we describe the activities of the environmental education program and add important photos of the process.
- Maps of threatened species obtained through the citizen science program
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