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Campanario Biological Station

Campanario Biological Station The Campanario Biological Station is a Pacific moist forest site on Costa Rica’s Osa Peninsula—a place National Geographic described as “one of the most biologically intense places on earth.” With over 50 percent of the country’s recorded species found on this small strip of land, that description

Camaquiri Conservation Initiative Field station

Camaquiri Conservation Initiative Field station Named after a 16th-century Costa Rican king, Camaquiri is located very close to El Zota and is, therefore, an instance of similar habitat and diversity. It is a newer field station than El Zota and protects 500 acres of older secondary lowland swamp forest, with

Calperum and Taylorville Stations

Calperum and Taylorville Stations The Calperum and Taylorville Stations are pastoral leases and conservation research sites in Southern Australia that protect 242,800 and 92,600 hectares, respectively, of highly threatened open mallee bushland and Murray River floodplains. Together, they are a crucial part of the Riverland Biosphere Reserve, a nationally and

Canandé Reserve

Canandé Reserve Located in the northwestern Esmeraldas province, Canandé is a 14,000-acre reserve sitting at 300 masl and one of the best places in Ecuador to explore humid Chocó tropical forest. Of the 62 species of birds endemic to the Chocó region, 37 are found at Canandé. The reserve has

Caño Palma Biological Station

Caño Palma Biological Station The Caño Palma Biological Station is situated within Costa Rica’s Barra Del Colorado Wildlife Refuge, just next to the eponymous Caño Palma, a large palm-filled canal that separates the station from the Caribbean Sea by a few hundred metres. This station does a lot of things,

Canudos Biological Station

Canudos Biological Station The Canudos Biological Station is located in Bahia, in the northeast of the country, and it is most notable for its population of Lear’s Macaws—a large, blue, threatened parrot species very similar to the slightly larger and more famous Hyacinth Macaw found in Brazil’s Pantanal. Canudos is

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