Costa Cetacea

Hike, kayak, swim, snorkel, freedive, wade, crawl, jump, climb, and scamper,  with an expert guide through some of Costa Rica´s most scenic and wild areas and take some pictures. A picture says a thousand words. Put the picture on a map with a date and repeat regularly. Then you have data about a place that shows visible changes happening to say, your favorite river, reef or forest grove. Then if contamination changes the alga or makes a species of fish or animal disappear, we can show what was there before and when it changed and try to stop it at the source.

Costa Rica Biomonitor is a new way for you to help us keep watch on our precious ecosystems. We are starting our efforts focusing on some fantastic forest, aquatic and marine areas. We try to show how these places are all connected. 

Your naturalist guide team leaders will show you how to work the camera, GPS, and even teach you to swim, kayak,  and use a dive mask or more if needed for your project. They will educate you about the ecosystem you are biomonitoring and show you how to document the localnative, useful and medicinal plants, animals and insects. A portion of the proceeds will go to help local kids learn about and start biomonitoring.

We have a range of options available to suite you. From private trips to student groups we can set you up with some Biomonitoring on your itinerary. Do you have a new location you think we should begin biomonitoring? Let us know and perhaps we can develop a program. Become a Costa Rica BioMonitor and be part of the solution.

Contact costacetacea@gmail.com for reservations or information.

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Costa Cetacea Osa Bio Monitoring Volunteer Program

All Biomonitoring projects involve photography, GPS, and data entry of conditions and specifics as well as the ability to collect this info in difficult to access, rugged, wet, wild places on a regular basis.

The pictures and other data from Osa document the state of multiple springs, creeks, a river and its connection with sea, coastal corals and cetaceans, and the big blue offshore. The Rio Agujas is a biological corridor connected to Corcovado Park.

Photos and data document flow, volume, clarity, select wildlife species, plants and alga, and any contamination on a regular basis. Almost all areas we work are in excellent wild health, and with this regular info we document and publicize any serious sources of threat as development begins to pick up pace. You will learn mucho new species everyday.

You might help with the Osa Waters Project(spring to sea), Caletas Turtle Project, Caletas Coastal Cetacean Project, Caletas Corals Project, Osa Marine Life Census. All team members are required to participate in Big Milpa Permaculture Project and Project Community Outreach.

You will be able to occasionally participate in our Pelagic and Dolphin Superpod projects on a space available basis or on special volunteer group trips that require only boat costs to be split among group.

We welcome your broad perspectives and hope you will suggest additional harmonistic projects.

Write us and let us know if your interested and we will tell you how to make it so.

Please read more here here

to be a Costa Cetacea BioMonitor Volunteer

Pura Vida

costacetacea@gmail.com

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