Area de Conservación Guanacaste World Heritage Site

Area de Conservación Guanacaste
Rincón de la Vieja Volcano
Location Guanacaste Province, Costa Rica
Coordinates 10°51′00″N 85°37′00″W / 10.85000°N 85.61667°W / 10.85000; -85.61667Coordinates: 10°51′00″N 85°37′00″W / 10.85000°N 85.61667°W / 10.85000; -85.61667
Area 1470 km²
Established 1989
Governing body National System of Conservation Areas (SINAC)
Type Natural
Criteria ix, x
Designated 1999 (23rd session)
Reference no. 928bis
State Party  Costa Rica
Region Latin America and the Caribbean
Extensions 2004

The Area de Conservación Guanacaste is a network of protected areas and a World Heritage Site in Guanacaste Province, in northwestern Costa Rica.

Geography

The area of the national parks combined totals 1470 square kilometers as of 2004. This reflects a long-term process of growth, which started with the establishment of Santa Rosa National Park in 1971. Over several decades, surrounding lands were purchased and nearby national parks connected to the growing protected area, so that the Guanacaste Conservation Area came to encompass a high diversity of tropical dry forest, rainforest, cloud forest, and marine habitats.[1].

It formally became part of National System of Conservation Areas—SINAC in 1994, and a World Heritage site in 1999.

Elements

The World Heritage Site includes:

See also

References

  1. ↑ Pringle, Robert M. (2017). "Upgrading protected areas to conserve wild biodiversity". Nature. 546: 91–99. doi:10.1038/nature22902. PMID 28569807.


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