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Osa Conservation

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Costa Rica - Golfito - Puerto Jiménez

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BGCI Member: Yes

ArbNet Accredited: Level I

About the Osa Conservation

The Osa Arboretum is located in Costa Rica’s Osa Peninsula, one of the most biologically intense regions on the planet. Protecting more than 300 native, endemic, rare and threatened trees, the Osa Arboretum is an ideal environmental education site which connects people to nature as they learn about Osa’s flora. With a trail network spanning 617 acres across coastal, mangrove, secondary and old-growth forests, the Osa Arboretum aims to be one of the largest arboretums in Central America. The Osa Arboretum is an initiative of Osa Conservation, a non-profit organization that has been protecting the Osa since 2003.

Main Address:
Osa Conservation
Apdo. 54-8203
Puerto Jiménez
Golfito Costa Rica

Telephone: +506 2735 5756
Fax: +506 2735 5754
URL: http://osaconservation.org/
Primary Email: info@osaconservation.org

Staff Details

  • Director's Name: Dr. Andrew Whitworth
    Curator's Name:
    Plant Records Officer's Name:
  • Total Staff:
    Horticultural Staff Number: 1
    Educational Staff Number: 1
    Research Staff Number: 3
    Administration Staff Number:

About the Garden

  • Institution Type: Botanic Garden
  • Status
  • Status: Private: Yes
    Status: Educational: Yes
    Status: Satellite: Yes
  • Date founded: 2019
  • Physical Data
  • Total Area: 250 Hectares
    Latitude: 8.4040194
    Longitude: -83.336552
    Altitude: 50.00 Metres
  • Locality: Information
  • Locality: Garden Name: Conservacion Osa
  • Local Address: Estación Biologica Osa (Piro), Osa Peninsula, Costa Rica
  • Locality: City: Puerto Jimenez
  • Locality: State: Puntarenas

Features and Facilities

  • Herbarium: No
    Arboretum: Yes
  • Micropropagation/ Tissue Culture Facilities: No
    Seed Bank: No
  • Open to public: Yes

Plant Collections

  • Accession Number: 186
  • Invasive Species Monitoring: No
    Invasive Species Policy: No
    ABS Policy: No
    Plant Collection Policy: No

Conservation Programmes

  • Conservation Programme: Yes
    Medicinal Plant Programme: No
    Ex Situ Conservation Programme: Yes
    Reintroduction Programme: Yes

Research Programmes

  • Ecology: Yes
    Ecosystem Conservation: Yes
    Education: No
    Exploration: Yes
    Floristics: Yes
    Horticulture: Yes
    Restoration Ecology: Yes
    Agriculture: Yes
    Land Restoration: Yes

Education Programmes