Arenal Tempisque Conservation Area ( es, Área de Conservación Arenal Tempisque (ACAT)), is an administrative area which is managed by
SINAC National System of Conservation Areas (SINAC, es, Sistema Nacional de Áreas de Conservación) is part of the Ministry of Environment and Energy (MINAE) of Costa Rica. It is the administrator for the nation's national parks, conservation areas, a ...
for the purposes of conservation in the northwest part of
Costa Rica, near the
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 ...
and covering part of the
Cordillera de Tilarán
Costa Rica is located on the Central American Isthmus, surrounding the point 10° north of the equator and 84° west of the prime meridian. It has 212 km of Caribbean Sea coastline and 1,016 on the North Pacific Ocean.
The area is 51,100& ...
and
Cordillera de Guanacaste
The Cordillera de Guanacaste, also called Guanacaste Cordillera, are a volcanic mountain range in northern Costa Rica near the border with Nicaragua. The mountain range stretches 110 km from northwest to the southeast and contains mostly com ...
. It contains a number of
National Parks,
Wildlife refuge
A nature reserve (also known as a wildlife refuge, wildlife sanctuary, biosphere reserve or bioreserve, natural or nature preserve, or nature conservation area) is a protected area of importance for flora, fauna, or features of geological or ...
s and Protected Zones. The area was previously known as ''Arenal Tilarán Conservation Area''.
Protected areas
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Abangares River Basin Protected Zone
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Arenal-Monteverde Protected Zone
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Barbudal Hillocks Biological Reserve
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Cipancí Wildlife Refuge
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Madrigal Lake Wetland
Madrigal Lake Wetland ( es, Humedal Laguna Madrigal), is a protected area in Costa Rica, managed under the Arenal Tempisque Conservation Area
Arenal Tempisque Conservation Area ( es, Área de Conservación Arenal Tempisque (ACAT)), is an adminis ...
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Miravalles Jorge Manuel Dengo National Park
Miravalles Jorge Manuel Dengo National Park ( es, Parque Nacional Miravalles Jorge Manuel Dengo), is a national park and nature reserve in the northwest part of Costa Rica, which forms part of the Arenal Tempisque Conservation Area. The site cont ...
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Miravalles Protected Zone
Miravalles Protected Zone ( es, Zona Protectora Miravalles) is a nature reserve in the northwest part of Costa Rica, which forms part of the Arenal Tempisque Conservation Area. The site contains the Miravalles Volcano
The Miravalles Volcano i ...
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Palo Verde National Park
Palo Verde National Park ( es, Parque Nacional Palo Verde), is a national park of Costa Rica, part of the Arenal Tempisque Conservation Area, that contains much of the area of the valley of the Tempisque River and covers an area of 45,492 acres i ...
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Taboga Forest Reserve
Taboga Forest Reserve ( es, Reserva Forestal Taboga), is a protected area in Costa Rica, managed under the Arenal Tempisque Conservation Area
Arenal Tempisque Conservation Area ( es, Área de Conservación Arenal Tempisque (ACAT)), is an admini ...
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Tenorio Protected Zone
Tenorio Protected Zone ( es, Zona Protectora Tenorio), is a protected area in Costa Rica, managed under the Arenal Tempisque Conservation Area
Arenal Tempisque Conservation Area ( es, Área de Conservación Arenal Tempisque (ACAT)), is an admi ...
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Tenorio Volcano National Park
Tenorio Volcano National Park ( es, Parque Nacional Volcán Tenorio) is a National Park in the northern part of Costa Rica, which forms part of the Arenal Tempisque Conservation Area. The jewel of the National Park is the Tenorio Volcano, from whi ...
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Zapandí Riverine Wetlands
Zapandí Riverine Wetlands ( es, Humedal Riberino Zapandí), is a nature reserve in Guanacaste Province, northwestern Costa Rica, created by decree 22732-MIRENEM in 1993.
The nature reserve is within the Guanacaste Conservation Area, Tempisque Co ...
See also
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Arenal Huetar Norte Conservation Area
Arenal Huetar Norte Conservation Area ( es, Área de Conservación Arenal Huetar Norte, ACAHN), is an administrative area which is managed by SINAC for the purposes of conservation in the northern part of Costa Rica. It contains a national park, a ...
, where
Arenal Volcano National Park
Arenal Volcano National Park ( es, Parque Nacional Volcán Arenal) is a Costa Rican national park in the central part of the country, part of the Arenal Huetar Norte Conservation Area. The park encompasses the Arenal Volcano, the most active in t ...
is managed.
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Curi Cancha Wildlife Refuge
Curi Cancha Wildlife Refuge is a private wildlife refuge
A nature reserve (also known as a wildlife refuge, wildlife sanctuary, biosphere reserve or bioreserve, natural or nature preserve, or nature conservation area) is a protected area of i ...
, a private wildlife refuge located near the area.
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Alberto Manuel Brenes Biological Reserve
Alberto Manuel Brenes Biological Reserve is a nature reserve in the central part of Costa Rica. It is part of the Central Conservation Area; which protects tropical forest area near San Ramon. The reserve operates under the direction of the Unive ...
, previously managed in this area, now in
Central Conservation Area
Central Conservation Area ( es, Área de Conservación Central (ACC)), is an administrative area which is managed by SINAC for the purposes of conservation in the central part of Costa Rica, notably the volcanic areas of the Cordillera Central. ...
References
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Conservation Areas of Costa Rica