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Advocacy Opportunities: Costa Rica

Advocacy is a great way to become involved with the local communities you will be interacting with while on your field study. You may find a project to become involved in stateside by organizing a fund drive, conducting a letter writing campaign, or participating in an educational exchange. Or you may find a project that you would like to participate in while in country.
 
Aviarios del Caribe Rehabilitation Center
 
Strands: rainforest conservation, sloth and wildlife rehabilitation
Address: P.O. Box 569-7300, Limon, Costa Rica
Email: aviarios@costarica.net
Website: http://www.ogphoto.com/aviarios/NewsLetter/NewsLetter.htm
 
Caribbean Conservation Corporation
 
Strands: sea turtle conservation, marine and coastal wildlife education
Address: 4424 NW 13th St. Suite #A1, Gainesville, FL 32609
Email: ccc@cccturtle.org
Website: http://cccturtle.org
 
INBio Parque
 
Strands: biodiversity education, environmental research.
Address: Apartado Postal 22-3100 Santo Domingo, Heredia, Costa Rica
Email: inbioparque@inbio.ac.cr
Website: http://www.inbio.ac.cr/inbioparque
 
Lapas Verdes – The Great Green Macaw Research and Conservation Project
 
Strands: macaw conservation, umbrella species, endangered species, biodiversity education
Address: Apartado Postal 8-3870-1000, San José, Costa Rica, C.A.
Email: lapa@cct.or.cr
 
The Sarapiquí Conservation Learning Center
 
Strands: conservation education, art as communication, responsible tourism
Email: director@learningcentercostarica.org
Website: http://www.learningcentercostarica.org
 
Organization for Tropical Studies
 
Strands: tropical forest conservation, environmental education and research
Address: Apartado 676-2050, San José, Costa Rica
Email: oet@ots.ac.cr
Website: http://www.ots.ac.cr
 
Friends of Monteverde
 
An organization dedicated to protect the biodiversity of the
Monteverde Cloud Forest Preserve
Address: P.O. Box 1964
Cleveland, Ohio 44106-0164
Email: friends@cct.or.cr
Website: www.friendscloudfrst.org
 
Caño Palma Biological Station
 
An organization which provides leadership in education, research and conservation, and the wise use of natural resources in the tropics.
Address: Canadian Organization for Tropical Education and Rainforest Conservation
PO Box 335
Pickering, Ontario L1V2R6 Canada
Email: info@coterc.org
Website: http://coterc.org/cano.html
 
The Monteverde Conservation League
 
An organization dedicated to the conservation of the tropical forest.
Address: PO Box 10581-1000
San José, Costa Rica
Email: acmmcl@racsa.co.cr
Website: www.acmonteverde.com/iacm.html
 
Santa Elena Cloud Forest Reserve
 
Located high on the Caribbean slopes of the Cordillera de Tilarán, the Continental Divide of Costa Rica, the reserve is one of the first community managed reserves in the country.
Email: rbnctpse@racsa.co.cr
Website: www.monteverdeinfo.com/reserve-santa-elena-monteverde/reserve.htm
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