Rainforest Protection
Save La Cieba Primary Rainforest
Film by WVC artist, Carlos Christian Rivero. Carlos is working on a longer documentary about La Ceiba.
Help La Ceiba Primary Forest Foundation purchase and preserve primary forest. Save an ancient ecosystem and protect endangered animals’ homes.
The Carribean coast of Costa Rica is suffering increasing pressure from a growing human population that has begun to establish around the rainforest and all along the Gandoca-Manzanillo National Refuge. Human pressure has been most significant in the last couple of years following the pandemic as people escape city life and seek the peace and tranquility that this landscape has to offer. But at what cost?
La Ceiba Primary Forest is Threatened
La Ceiba Primary Forest plays a key role in the reintroduction of rehabilitated animals that arrive at the Jaguar Rescue Center. Since 2018, The JRC has achieved thousands successful wildlife releases within La Ceiba. The continuous monitoring and field cameras located in strategic places, have revealed the presence of species that are unique to well preserved forests like the endangered Puma (Puma concolor), the Spider Monkey (Ateles geoffroyi), as well as the Central America Bushmaster (Lachesis stenophry). The protection of this land is critical to protect the animals and preserve the natural habits of thousands of species.
Since 2014, The Jaguar Rescue Center has made great efforts to purchase and preserve La Ceiba as a secure, permanent home for resident wildlife.
Part of the Talamanca Biological Corridor, La Ceiba is Located within the Gandoca-Manzanillo National Wildlife Refuge and is essential for the diverse biological habitat Costa Rica is famous for. However, increased deforestation, changes in government issued use of land permits, sound and light pollution, electrocutions, and wildlife being injured by vehicles are just some examples of the impact created by human population growth in this area.