Arenal Huetar Norte Conservation Area

Arenal Huetar Norte Conservation Area

Arenal Huetar Norte Conservation Area 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, and number of Wildlife refuges and Forest Reserves. It has been proposed that the Maquenque National Park be formed in this area, which would incorporate some of the existing nature reserves and expand on them.

Protected areas

*Juan Castro Blanco National Park
*Caño Negro Wildlife Refuge
*Corredor Fronterizo Wildlife Refuge
*Arenal Volcano Emergency Forest Reserve
*Cerro El Jardin Forest Reserve
*Cureña Forest Reserve
*Laguna Maquenque Wetlands
*Laguna Las Camelias Wildlife Refuge
*Lacustrino de Tamborcito Wetlands

External links

* [http://www.costarica-nationalparks.com/arenalhuetarnorteconservationarea.html Arenal Huetar Norte Conservation Area] at Costa Rica National Parks site
* [http://www.sirzee.itcr.ac.cr SIR-ZEE] Web portal for business and government in the Northern Zone
* [http://www.ecolodgecr.com ECOLodgeCR] ECOLodgeCR


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