Restoring Coastal Ecosystems | Costas Verdes is a non profit organization founded in 2009 with the mission to restore devastated coastal ecosystems from past agricultural practices. By creating, leading and implementing reforestation projects in public beachfronts and natural protected areas, Costas Verdes actively involves and empowers local communities to ensure sustainability on their projects.
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Costas Verdes believes that the active participation of local communities in these activities and environmental education is vital in these processes. To this end, Costas Verdes involves school children in its activities, and organizes workshops in local schools and communities. In most cases its activities are supported by local businesses, which donate funds, materials and the time of their workers. Students from the country’s universities as well as international visitors also volunteer their time.
Costas Verdes also establishes nurseries in coastal communities with the support of local families, schools and businesses, which provide the plants and trees necessary for its work. Costas Verdes receives support from public agencies such as the National System of Conservation Areas and the Ministry of the Environment and Energy.
The GCF, with resources from the Harmony and CRUSA Donor Advised Funds, has supported Costas Verde’s Barriguiones, their biggest beach forest restoration project in Nosara, as well as outreach to public schools in the Nosara Area. Costas Verdes is also a local partner in the Rio Nosara Biological Corridor Initiative.
— Over 75,000 trees planted since 2009
— 75 native coastal tree species reintroduced
— Reforested in 17 beaches from South, Central and North Pacific
— 30 local schools actively involved
— 9,500 volunteers and counting!
