- Source: Arenal Tempisque Conservation Area
Arenal Tempisque Conservation Area (Spanish: Área de Conservación Arenal Tempisque (ACAT)), is an administrative area which is managed by SINAC for the purposes of conservation in the northwest part of Costa Rica, near the Arenal Volcano and covering part of the Cordillera de Tilarán and Cordillera de Guanacaste. It contains a number of National Parks, Wildlife refuges and Protected Zones. The area was previously known as Arenal Tilarán Conservation Area.
Protected areas
Abangares River Basin Protected Zone
Arenal-Monteverde Protected Zone
Barbudal Hillocks Biological Reserve
Cipancí Wildlife Refuge
Madrigal Lake Wetland
Miravalles Jorge Manuel Dengo National Park
Miravalles Protected Zone
Palo Verde National Park
Taboga Forest Reserve
Tenorio Protected Zone
Tenorio Volcano National Park
Zapandí Riverine Wetlands
See also
Arenal Huetar Norte Conservation Area, where Arenal Volcano National Park is managed.
Curi Cancha Wildlife Refuge, a private wildlife refuge located near the area.
Alberto Manuel Brenes Biological Reserve, previously managed in this area, now in Central Conservation Area
References
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Arenal Tempisque Conservation Area
- Tenorio Volcano National Park
- National System of Conservation Areas
- Palo Verde National Park
- Arenal-Monteverde Protected Zone
- Madrigal Lake Wetland
- Zapandí Riverine Wetlands
- Tenorio Protected Zone
- Abangares River Basin Protected Zone
- Miravalles Protected Zone