English - Global Environment Facility

Name of
Protected
Area
Resources
with
differenciated
potential
Parque PILA Pacifico
Internaciona-
Cloudy rain
l de La forest;
Amistad: - Landscape
PILA resources;
Atlantico - Unique
and PILA avifauna.
Pacifico
-Reserve of
the ¨La
Amistad¨
Biosphere
(2001) and
World
Natural
Heritage by
UNESCO
(1990)
-
(215,225.73
ha)
PN Volcán
Barú
- (15,680.48
ha)
Ecotourism
activities
PILA Pacifico
- Bird
watching;
- Hiking
- Nature
photography;
- Natural
history tours;
- Visits to
picturesque
towns.
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Visitor type Ecotourism potential Threats
Pila Pacifico
- National and
foreign tourists;
- Students and
international/nation
al researchers.
Annual visitors
average: 2,476
people
PILA Pacifico
- Educational ecotourism;
emphasis on picnic/camping
activities; flora and wildlife
observation and exploration of
forest ecosystems;
- Mix of adventure tourism with
community/cultural and agrotourism.
- Crater; - Tour through - National and - Intensive ecotourism; emphasis
- View from two the path track foreign tourists on geology and study of volcano;
oceans ¨Los (almost 50%); - Observation of scenery and
(Atlantic and Quetzales¨; - Students and wildlife;
Pacific). – Bird international/nation - Mix of adventure tourism with
- Quetzal birds watching; - al researchers community/cultural and agro-
- Cool weather Exploration of
the cloudy rain Annual visitors
tourism.
forest; average:
- Nature
photography;
- Visits to
picturesque
towns
4,460 people
PILA Pacifico
- Extensive
ranching and
permanent
settlements
inside the park
and in its buffer
zones.
- Legal and illegal
hunting (sports
and subsistence),
which cause
disturbance,
reduction of
fauna; flora and
timber extraction.
- Forest fires
generally caused
by agriculture
activities,
garbage dumps,
and
deforestation;
- Use of organic
and chemical
fertilizers in
agriculture; land
erosion and
invasion.