Corcovado National Park In Costa Rica

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Corcovado National Park in the south pacific region of Costa Rica was founded on October 24, 1975 as a conservational effort against logging and commercial road building. This is because the ecosystem services provided by the tropical rainforest are abundant. According to National Geographic, the area is “the most biologically intense place on earth in terms of biodiversity.”(National Geographic). Local and indigenous people have lived in and around this area for generations. Like any other civilization, the people depend on the land in which they live in for food, water, shelter, and space. Ultimately leading to the development of culture by means of survival.
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All of the countries in this area predominantly speak Spanish as it is the official national language but in Costa Rica in particular, English is spoken well amongst some people because tourism industry is very developed. At 76.3%, Roman Catholic is the most predominantly practiced religion (Central Intelligence Agency). The total population of Costa Rica is 4,814,144 as of July 2015 (Central Intelligence Agency). The south pacific region has a much lesser population than that of the cities because most of the people that live there have occupations in agriculture and/or tourism. Modern-day Costa Rica is a country with high literacy and employment rates for a “developing country”. The literacy rate is 97.8 percent proficiency of people at the age of fifteen or older. (Central Intelligence Agency). The country has slowly been improving its rates of life expectancy, infant mortality rate, and GDP per capita ever since 1970. Corcovado has relatively low problems with its corresponding areas because it is considerably remote. Logging and poaching are of concern for this area because it is a conservational area as well as a national park. Being a primary forest, Corcovado National Park protects many species of plants and animals from poaching or deforestation. Costa Rica as a whole has slight immigration problems with people from Nicaragua but it is a very peaceful country. Costa Rica …show more content…
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