Guanacaste National Park

Guanacaste IUCN Category II - National Park
The volcano Cacao
location	Guanacaste , Costa Rica
surface	338 km²
WDPA ID	19368
Geographical location	10 ° 50 ′  N , 85 ° 19 ′  W Coordinates: 10 ° 49 ′ 48 ″  N , 85 ° 19 ′ 26 ″  W
Setup date	1991

The Guanacaste National Park ( Spanish Parque Nacional Guanacaste ) is an area of ​​around 338 km² between the coast and the mountains in northwest Costa Rica .

geography

The national park is located in the Guanacaste province of the same name . It is the northwesternmost province of Costa Rica with Liberia as the capital.

target

The Guanacaste National Park was established in 1989 to connect the Santa Rosa National Park with the high-altitude cloud forests around the Orosi Cacao volcano with the Caribbean rainforests in northern Costa Rica. This should also create a network of habitats for large mammals such as the jaguar and mountain lions. At the same time, the aim was to create a “biological corridor” for birds and insects to allow them to migrate between the different habitats in a seasonal manner.

fauna and Flora

The original vegetation of much of the park consisted of dry forests . Most of these were destroyed and replaced by grass species imported from Africa .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ http://costa-rica-guide.com/nature/national-parks/guanacaste-np/
2. ^ Andre P. Dobson: Biological diversity and nature protection . 1997, p. 244 ff .