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Costa Rica
About 25 percent of tiny Costa Rica’s land area has been set aside in national parks and protected areas — perhaps not surprising given the government’s goal for it to become the first carbon-neutral country by 2021. Its features include mountains, volcanoes, waterfalls, lakes and islands.
Its largely tropical climate supports a rich variety of flora (including numerous orchids) and fauna (from monkeys and sloths to birds and reptiles).
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Cocos Island National Park
Costa Rica has created the country’s biggest marine protected area.
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Seeing Turtles Right
Five of the seven species of sea turtles live in the Pacific or Caribbean shores of Central America.
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Strength in Numbers
Natives of the Talamanca Indigenous Reserve sustain their way of life by sharing it with visitors.
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