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National System of Conservation Areas (SINAC, es, Sistema Nacional de Áreas de Conservación) is part of the Ministry of Environment and Energy (MINAE) of
* Arenal Huetar Norte (ACAHN):
Costa Rica
Costa Rica (, ; ; literally "Rich Coast"), officially the Republic of Costa Rica ( es, República de Costa Rica), is a country in the Central American region of North America, bordered by Nicaragua to the north, the Caribbean Sea to the no ...
. It is the administrator for the nation's national parks, conservation areas, and other protected natural areas.
Created in 1994, it combined three previously separate organisations that had managed laws relating to national parks
A national park is a natural park in use for conservation purposes, created and protected by national governments. Often it is a reserve of natural, semi-natural, or developed land that a sovereign state declares or owns. Although individual ...
, wildlife
Wildlife refers to domestication, undomesticated animal species (biology), species, but has come to include all organisms that grow or live wilderness, wild in an area without being species, introduced by humans. Wildlife was also synonymous ...
, and forestry
Forestry is the science and craft of creating, managing, planting, using, conserving and repairing forests, woodlands, and associated resources for human and environmental benefits. Forestry is practiced in plantations and natural stands. Th ...
.
Scope
SINAC oversees over 160 protected areas, of which 30 are designated National Parks. Other areas are designated wildlife refuges, biological reserves, national monuments, forest reserves, national wetlands, and protected zones. The entire country of 12,596,690 acres (50,977 km²) is under the jurisdiction of eleven large Conservation Areas which were created in 1998, overseen by divisions of SINAC. Over 25% of the national territory, i.e. 3,221,636 acres (13,037 km²) is included in the national parks, refuges, and protected zones within these eleven Conservation Areas. Costa Rica's progressive policies on environmental protection and sustainableeco-tourism
Ecotourism is a form of tourism involving responsible travel (using sustainable transport) to natural areas, conserving the environment, and improving the well-being of the local people. Its purpose may be to educate the traveler, to provide funds ...
in the National Parks System have been lauded as a model for other countries. The rainforest
Rainforests are characterized by a closed and continuous tree canopy, moisture-dependent vegetation, the presence of epiphytes and lianas and the absence of wildfire. Rainforest can be classified as tropical rainforest or temperate rainfores ...
s, tropical forests, marine areas and wetlands
A wetland is a distinct ecosystem that is flooded or saturated by water, either permanently (for years or decades) or seasonally (for weeks or months). Flooding results in oxygen-free (anoxic) processes prevailing, especially in the soils. The ...
of Costa Rica are the subject of many university and scientific organization studies. The enrichment of the world's knowledge of these important habitats
In ecology, the term habitat summarises the array of resources, physical and biotic factors that are present in an area, such as to support the survival and reproduction of a particular species. A species habitat can be seen as the physical ...
is an invaluable contribution from the conservation efforts of the various organisations involved.
Conservation areas
* Arenal Huetar Norte (ACAHN): Arenal Volcano
Arenal Volcano ( es, Volcán Arenal) is an active andesitic stratovolcano in north-western Costa Rica around northwest of San José, in the province of Alajuela, canton of San Carlos, and district of La Fortuna. The Arenal volcano measures ...
, Juan Castro Blanco National Park
Juan Castro Blanco National Park is a National Park, part of the Arenal Huetar Norte Conservation Area, in the northern part of Costa Rica.
Location
Located about 100 km north of San José, to the east of Ciudad Quesada in Alajuela Pro ...
, Refugio Nacional de Vida Silvestre Mixto Caño Negro, Refugio Nacional de Vida Silvestre Maquenque.
* Arenal Tempisque (ACAT): Tenorio Volcano
Tenorio Volcano ( es, Volcán Tenorio) is an inactive andesitic stratovolcano in north-western Costa Rica. It is the main geographical feature of the eponymous Tenorio Volcano National Park.
Toponymy
The name comes from the Chorotega legen ...
, Palo Verde
* Central
Central is an adjective usually referring to being in the center of some place or (mathematical) object.
Central may also refer to:
Directions and generalised locations
* Central Africa, a region in the centre of Africa continent, also known as ...
(ACC): Guayabo National Monument
Guayabo National Monument ( es, Monumento Nacional Guayabo), is an archaeological site near the city of Turrialba, within the Central Conservation Area in the Cartago Province, Costa Rica. It is almost directly in the center of the country on th ...
, Braulio Carrillo
Braulio Evaristo Carrillo Colina (March 20, 1800, Cartago, Costa Rica – May 15, 1845) was the Head of State of Costa Rica (the title as it was known before the reform of 1848) during two periods: the first between 1835 and 1837, and the de ...
, La Cangreja, Los Quetzales, Tapantí, Irazú Volcano
The Irazú Volcano ( es, Volcán Irazú) is an active volcano in Costa Rica, situated in the Cordillera Central close to the city of Cartago.
The name could come from either the combination of "ara" (point) and "tzu" (thunder) or a corruptio ...
, Poás Volcano
The Poás Volcano, ( es, Volcán Poás), is an active stratovolcano in central Costa Rica and is located within Poas Volcano National Park. It has erupted 40 times since 1828, including April 2017 when visitors and residents were evacuated. T ...
, Turrialba Volcano
Turrialba Volcano is an active volcano in central Costa Rica that has been explosively eruptive in recent years including 2016 and in January, March and April 2017. Visitors used to be able to hike down into the main crater, but increased volc ...
. Reserva Biológica Alberto Manuel Brenes, Reserva Forestal Grecia (Bosque del Niño).
* Guanacaste (ACG): Rincón de la Vieja
Rincon or Rincón (Spanish for ''corner'') may refer to:
* Rincon (meadow)
* Rincon (abandoned meander)
People
* Rincon (surname)
* Rincón (footballer, born 1977), born Gilvan Santos Souza, Brazilian football striker
* Rincón (footballer, 1 ...
, Santa Rosa
Santa Rosa is the Italian, Portuguese and Spanish name for Saint Rose.
Santa Rosa may also refer to:
Places Argentina
*Santa Rosa, Mendoza, a city
* Santa Rosa, Tinogasta, Catamarca
* Santa Rosa, Valle Viejo, Catamarca
*Santa Rosa, La Pampa
* Sa ...
, Guanacaste National Park.
* La Amistad Caribe (ACLAC): Cahuita, Barbilla
* La Amistad-Pacífico (ACLAP): La Amistad International Park
The La Amistad International Park, or in Spanish , formerly the La Amistad National Park, is a Transboundary Protected Area in Latin America, management of which is shared between Costa Rica ( Caribbean La Amistad and Pacific La Amistad Conservati ...
which is shared with Panama
Panama ( , ; es, link=no, Panamá ), officially the Republic of Panama ( es, República de Panamá), is a transcontinental country spanning the southern part of North America and the northern part of South America. It is bordered by Cos ...
, Chirripó
* Cocos Marine (ACMC): Cocos Island National Park
* Osa (ACOSA): Corcovado
Corcovado (korcovádo) which means "hunchback" in Portuguese, is a mountain in central Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. It is a 710-metre (2,329 ft) granite peak located in the Tijuca Forest, a national park.
Corcovado hill lies just west of the ci ...
, Ballena National Marine Park, Piedras Blancas
Piedras Blancas is the capital town of the municipality of Castrillón, in the province of Asturias, Spain. It is west of Avilés, west of Gijón, northwest of Oviedo and east of Asturias Airport.
Piedras Blancas is a singular entity of pop ...
.
* Pacífico Central (ACOPAC): Carara, Manuel Antonio
Manuel Antonio Pérez Sánchez (July 12, 1900 – January 28, 1930), better known as Manuel Antonio, was a Galician poet. He was honoured on Galician Literature Day
Galician Literature Day ( gl, Día das Letras Galegas) is a public holiday o ...
.
* Tempisque (ACT): Barra Honda, Las Baulas, Diriá National Park
The Diriá National Park, until 2004 the Diriá National Forest Wildlife Refuge, is a National Park of Costa Rica south of Santa Cruz in the Guanacaste Province, and forms part of the Tempisque Conservation Area. It protects both dry and at higher ...
* Tortuguero (ACTo): Tortuguero National Park
Tortuguero National Park is a national park in the Limón Province of Costa Rica. It is situated within the Tortuguero Conservation Area of the northeastern part of the country.
Despite its remote location, reachable only by airplane or boat, i ...
, Refugio de Vida Silvestre Barra del Colorado
See also
*List of national parks of Costa Rica
There are currently 30 National Parks of Costa Rica, which are managed under the umbrella of SINAC (Sistema Nacional de Areas de Conservacion), a department of Costa Rica's Ministry of Environment and Energy ( MINAE). All told, Costa Rica's pro ...
References
External links
* {{National parks of Costa Rica Institutions of Costa Rica National park administrators * Protected areas of Costa Rica