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Corcovado-Matapalo Biological Corridor, Osa Peninsula, Costa Rica
Friends of the Osa, a US-based nonprofit organization, in conjunction with Costa Rican partners, Fundacion Corcovado and the Ministry of Environment and Energy, MINAE, works jointly with landowners and eco-lodge operators on Costa Rica's Osa Peninsula to designate and manage a network of private lands in the Corcovado-Matapalo biological corridor. This forest and wildlife corridor supplements nearby Corcovado National Park by serving as a de-facto extension of the park. The private lands within the corridor provide crucial habitat for key wildlife species with large home-range requirements that naturally extend across park boundaries. Friends of the Osa’s program pools the resources of landowners, lodge operators, and private donors to support MINAE government wildlife law enforcement officers in the corridor. These officers not only ensure the conservation management of the area but also educate community members about wildlife and natural resource use laws and pursue violations through the court system. This partnership has been in application since 2003, and has been applauded as a model of private-public partnership in land stewardship and law enforcement at the 7th Congreso Tierras Privadas in Columbia in 2006.
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