Border Corridor Wildlife Refuge

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Border Corridor Wildlife Refuge
Refugio de Vida Silvestre Corredor Fronterizo
Border Corridor Wildlife Refuge
Location Costa Rica
Coordinates 11°04′17″N84°40′54″W / 11.0715°N 84.6818°W / 11.0715; -84.6818
Area600.17 square kilometres (231.73 sq mi)
DesignationV14
Established15 February 1994
Governing bodyNational System of Conservation Areas (SINAC)

Border Corridor Wildlife Refuge (Spanish : Refugio de Vida Silvestre Corredor Fronterizo) is a wildlife refuge, running through Guanacaste, Arenal Huetar Norte and Tortuguero Conservation Areas, in the northern part of Costa Rica running as a 2,000 metre wide strip of land along the border with Nicaragua. [1]

It was created in 1994 by decree 22962-MIRENEM, [2] and there are no public facilities specifically for this refuge. The refuge contains a number of research programs of varying disciplines.

This refuge is partially disturbed but includes beaches, dry forests, wetlands, moist forests and coastal lagoons.

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References

  1. "Refugio de Vida Silvestre Corredor Fronterizo".
  2. "Declara Refugio Nacional de Vida Silvestre al corredor fronterizo conformado por los terrenos comprendidos a lo largo de la frontera con Nicaragua desde Punta Castilla en el Mar Caribe hasta Bahía Salinas en el Océano Pacífico".