Central Pacific Conservation Area Explained

Central Pacific Conservation Area
Alt Name:	Spanish; Castilian: Área de Conservación Pacífico Central
Location:	Puntarenas Province, Costa Rica
Coords:	9.5428°N -84.561°W
Governing Body:	National System of Conservation Areas (SINAC)

Central Pacific Conservation Area is an administrative area which is managed by SINAC for the purposes of conservation in the southwestern part of Costa Rica, on the Pacific coast.^[1] It contains four National Parks, and a number Wildlife refuges and other types of nature reserve.

Protected areas

Carara National Park
El Chompipe Hill Protected Zone
Finca Barú del Pacífico Mixed Wildlife Refuge
Hacienda La Avellana Mixed Wildlife Refuge
La Cangreja National Park
La Ensenada Mixed Wildlife Refuge
Manuel Antonio National Park
Montes de Oro Protected Zone
Pájaros Island Biological Reserve
Peñas Blancas Wildlife Refuge
Playa Blanca Marine Wetland
Playa Hermosa-Punta Mala Wildlife Refuge
Portalón Mixed Wildlife Refuge
Puntarenas Estuary and Associated Mangrove Swamps Wetland
Redondo Hill Private Wildlife Refuge
San Lucas Island National Park
Tivives Protected Zone
Transilvania Private Wildlife Refuge

External links

Central Pacific Conservation Area at Costa Rica National Parks site

Notes and References

http://www.sinac.go.cr/AC/ACOPAC/Paginas/default.aspx SINAC