Border Corridor Wildlife Refuge

Border Corridor Wildlife Refuge (Spanish: Refugio de Vida Silvestre Corredor Fronterizo) is a wildlife refuge, running through Guanacaste, Arenal Huetar Norte and Tortuguero Conservation Areas, in the northern part of Costa Rica running as a 2,000 metre wide strip of land along the border with Nicaragua. [1]

Border Corridor Wildlife Refuge
Refugio de Vida Silvestre Corredor Fronterizo
LocationCosta Rica
Coordinates11.0715°N 84.6818°W / 11.0715; -84.6818
Area600.17 square kilometres (231.73 sq mi)
DesignationV14
Established15 February 1994
Governing bodyNational System of Conservation Areas (SINAC)

It was created in 1994 by decree 22962-MIRENEM[2], and there are no public facilities specifically for this refuge. The refuge contains a number of research programs of varying disciplines.

This refuge is partially disturbed but includes beaches, dry forests, wetlands, moist forests and coastal lagoons.

See also

References
  1. "Refugio de Vida Silvestre Corredor Fronterizo".
  2. "Declara Refugio Nacional de Vida Silvestre al corredor fronterizo conformado por los terrenos comprendidos a lo largo de la frontera con Nicaragua desde Punta Castilla en el Mar Caribe hasta Bahía Salinas en el Océano Pacífico".
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