Border Corridor Wildlife Refuge Explained

Border Corridor Wildlife Refuge
Alt Name:	Spanish; Castilian: Refugio de Vida Silvestre Corredor Fronterizo
Location:	Costa Rica
Coordinates:	11.0715°N -84.6818°W
Area:	600.17km2
Established:	15 February 1994
Designation:	V14
Governing Body:	National System of Conservation Areas (SINAC)

Border Corridor Wildlife Refuge (Spanish; Castilian: Refugio de Vida Silvestre Corredor Fronterizo) is a wildlife refuge, running through Guanacaste, Arenal Huetar Norte and Tortuguero Conservation Areas, in the northern part of Costa Rica running as a 2,000 metre wide strip of land along the border with Nicaragua.^[1]

It was created in 1994 by decree 22962-MIRENEM,^[2] and there are no public facilities specifically for this refuge. The refuge contains a number of research programs of varying disciplines.

This refuge is partially disturbed but includes beaches, dry forests, wetlands, moist forests and coastal lagoons.

See also

• Korean Demilitarized Zone, for the efforts for a similar border corridor wildlife refuge.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Refugio de Vida Silvestre Corredor Fronterizo .
2. Web site: Declara Refugio Nacional de Vida Silvestre al corredor fronterizo conformado por los terrenos comprendidos a lo largo de la frontera con Nicaragua desde Punta Castilla en el Mar Caribe hasta Bahía Salinas en el Océano Pacífico .