The Osa Peninsula

THE CORCOVADO FOUNDATION

The Corcovado Foundation was created by members of the Drake Bay community that felt the urgency to save the most biologically intense place on Earth. The Corcovado Foundation, a non-profit organization, joined the conservation effort on the Osa Peninsula becoming very actively involved in providing direct assistance to the protection of the rain forest in the Corcovado National Park and in the promotion of conservation activities throughout the Peninsula. The results have been very encouraging:

1. During our first years the number of logging permits in the area were reduced from 132 to 16.
   
2. We have hired 8 new park rangers to stop illegal hunting.
   
3. We have started educational programs for the children of the community.
4. We have implemented a program to empower community members to assist local rangers in combating illegal activity.

The Corcovado Foundation dedicates the donations of generous environmentally concerned people to the following objectives:

To hire park rangers for the enforcement of laws which prohibit the illegal downing of trees and hunting.

To create educational programs for children and local landowners, in order to promote alternative economic activities, such as ecotourism.

To provide economic incentives to local landowners for forest preservation.

To strengthen the Ministry of Environment and Energy's program to protect the Osa Peninsula, by generating funds to pay for gasoline and other necessary supplies.