Corredor Fronterizo Costa Rica – Nicaragua National Wildlife Refuge was created on February 15th, 1194 to give protection to the forest, as well as to recuperate it from past degeneration, since in this area logging the forest reduced  it to critical levels.
It crosses the entire range of life zones, from Pacific Coastal, rainforest and mountains, to the Caribbean coastal zone, which extends as a biological corridor of 2,000m wide along the border with Nicaragua, from Punta Castilla, in the Caribbean, to Salinas Bay on the Pacific. It is an important biological corridor that connects the Tortuguero Conservation Area with the Maquenque and Tamborcito wetlands, the Caño Negro National Wildlife Refuge, El Jardin and Cureña Forest Reserves and the Guanacaste Conservation Area. This refuge, partially disturbed, includes beaches, dry forests, wetlands, rain forests and coastal lagoons, so the refuge has a big number of research programs of different disciplines.
Corredor Fronterizo Costa Rica – Nicaragua National Wildlife Refuge has a large variety of ecosystems such as tropical broadleaf forests, tropical moist broadleaf forests, Central American Atlantic moist forests and tropical dry broadleaf of the Central America Pacific region. Similarly, this area has the highest biodiversity indices for trees and shrubs, with endemic species such as Capparis pittieri, Dussia macrophyllata, Costa Rican Sclerolobium and Vochysia allenii.
With its variety of ecosystems, Corredor Fronterizo Costa Rica – Nicaragua National Wildlife Refuge has a great variety of wildlife with large populations of jaguars, deers, coyotes and peccaries, as well as wading and waders birds. On the other hand, in the San Juan River the Bull Shark (Carcharhinus leucas) and two species of sawfish (Pristis pectinata and Pristis perotteti) are easily observed, while in the Remolinos and Caño Tambor  sector, in the same river, are the most important populations of manatees (Trichechus manatus) and garfish (Belone belone).
This zone hosts many research projects of the varying disciplines, as well as university monitoring programs. For more information on research projects in the area, contact MINAE.
There are no public facilities in Corredor Fronterizo Costa Rica – Nicaragua Wildlife Refuge. Other Costa Rica Parks near the northern borderlands include Cano Negro National Wildlife Refuge, Guanacaste National Park, Barra del Colorado National Wildlife Refuge and Tortuguero National Park.
Location: extends along the border with Nicaragua, from the Pacific Coast to the Caribbean Coast in Costa Rica
Size: 59,276 ha (146,000 acres)
Tortuguero Conservation Area (ACTO) Telephone: +(506) 2710-2929
INFOTUR Tourist Information: 1192
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The Popular Culture Museum (Museo de Cultura Popular de la Universidad Nacional) is located in Santa Lucia of Barva in Heredia. Inaugurated in 1994, thanks to the academic activities in research and extension of the Social Sciences Faculty at the National University, specifically the History and Sociology School, whose purpose was to implement the Costa Rica Society-University link, which was based on the study of Costa Rican traditions and customs, conceptualized as culture components, in a dynamic way, with the potential to transform the past in  light of the needs and challenges of the present.
The museum aims to benefit communities through individual’s carriers of cultural traditions, through the implementation of actions seeking the enhancement of the heritage and the responsible use, since they work is directed toward developing the themes of heritage such as dance, meals, daily tasks and festivals, among others. The school records for study, preservation and revitalization those cultural practices related to a “lifestyle”, characteristic of the time, and were significant in the construction of the “Costa Rican” imaginary.
Equally interested in the cultural practices that were relevant and that changed by the incursion of new cultural forms. An example is the adobe-style architecture widespread during the second half of the nineteenth and prohibited by the Costa Rican Seismic Code from the 1910s, which was forced to extinction as a construction system.
In the early decades of the twentieth century, “lifestyles” of the masses is impacted by changes in the new century and  business development. Many popular cultural practices lost interest and force, so began a period of deterioration, neglect and extinction. These cultural practices are our heritage today and for that reason, the Popular Culture Museum (Popular Folk) has returned as an object of study so that they are studied and preserved for the enjoyment of present and future generations. This is why the programs, projects and activities of the museum are aimed at different sectors, such as students, teachers, families, seniors, organized groups and tourism.
The the museum is a 3000 m2 area, is an adobe house representative of the traditional architecture of the Central Valley. It is a coffee house built between 1885-1887 by the parents of former President Alfredo González Flores. The furniture is older than their visitors and the museum also displayed tools, costumes and musical instruments from ancient times. Restoration and refurbishment of the permanent exhibition was created through the collaboration of national and international agencies (National University, Ministry of Culture and Youth, ICOMOS of Costa Rica, and Germany Embassy) with the active participation of the traditional builders in the region. The ambient of its interior spaces and the reproduction of their natural environment have created the eco-cultural framework from the museum proposed.
The Popular Culture Museum also holds workshops on traditional cuisine (tortillas, prestiños and roasted oven bread), development of traditional toys (dolls embroidery and kites) and environmental education. Similarly, the museum has a multipurpose hall, restaurant, landscaping and parking area.
Address: from the Auto Mercado in Heredia 700 meters north, 450 meters east, 50 meters north and 100 meters west in Santa Lucia in Barva, Costa Rica
GPS coordinates: 10.013331,-84.116653 (10°00’47.99″N, 84°06’59.95″)
Schedule: from Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturdays from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sundays from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Website: www.pdmuseologia.una.ac.cr
Phone: + (506) 2277-3857 / 2260-1619
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The National Biodiversity Institute (INBio in Spanish) is a private association of public interest, non-profit organization  which mission is to promote a greater awareness of the biodiversity value to achieve its conservation and improve the quality of human’s life. Its role is to teach society in biodiversity, to raise awareness of the biological richness of Costa Rica, its value and importance of conserving is what led to the creation of INBioparque.
INBioparque is an amazing theme park that offers an interactive experience with nature, where visitors can find groups of plants of the tropical rainforest, the Central Valley forest, the tropical dry forest and wetlands. In more than 5 hectares people can watch birds and marvel at the orchids, bromeliads and heliconias colors. Around the lake enjoying the butterfly farm, the aquarium and also known about the land and its crops.
Walking through the INBioparque trails visitors can closely see poisonous frogs, bullet ants, boas, alligators, turtles, iguanas and tarantulas, as well as sloths and other native species; usually through INBioparque people can see the Costa Rica biodiversity through interactive exhibits and living ecosystems. The INBioparque is located in Santo Domingo de Heredia, Costa Rica.
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Address: 400 meters north and 250 meters west of the Shell service station in Santo Domingo de Heredia, or 2.5 km east of the Valencia road to Heredia.
GPS Coordinates: 9.975189,-84.093558 (9°58’30.68″N, 84°05’36.81″W)
Schedule: From Tuesday to Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
Website: www.inbioparque.com
Phone: + (506) 2507-8107
Fax: + (506) 2507-8271
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