Fuente Verde Costa Rica 2012

The future of our health is training rooms of the usefulness of our environment

For 2 days they shared and taught the importance of medicinal plants, that every day can have a community around it.  Many of these plants have been ignored not for lack of interest but because of lack of knowledge about its usefulness.

Women, children and men were part of this incredible process of knowledge acquisition. A passing knowledge through the word and interaction.

He focused on plants for the digestive system to aid the community in intestinal parasites in the dermal system for problem skin infections, etc.

Sharing the wisdom of the people

Mother introduced her daughter Willow on how to use what surrounds

When man and woman come together to learn and heal

Your food is the water you drink is your healing every day

Hamelia patens. This plant is known by many cultures of Central America, is named in many languages ​​and with different names. Which indicates that it is a very important medicinal plant.

One of its major uses is to treat skin problems

Deshacer cambios

Flora and Fauna Research in Costa Rica´s Forest

Thanks to your presence within our facilities and the treatments for body and soul that you carry out to improve your personal life. You are part of the initiative of the conservation of natural resources of our country, Pura Vida Spa has joined  the National University of Heredia with the Jaguar program.
Each time you do yoga and deepen your breathing with us. you are giving  energy indirectly to the conservation of natural resources that future generations need for development as human beings.

Pura Vida Spa devotes a portion of our earnings in support of educational development, For research of the conservation of natural resources and collection of data on the handling and use of medicinal plants present in popular culture

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Development of a research workshop on data collection and wildlife monitoring in the Osa Conservation Area (ACOSA) and Guanacaste Conservation Area. Costa Rica.

Summary.

The research workshop was able to give advice and create a monitoring plan for wildlife conservation in the Osa and Guanacaste Conservation Areas in Costa Rica.

It is very important to carry out these research workshops, to create databases that rangers can obtain and analyze. Since the information obtained will be used for decision-making in the management of the resources they protect.

Thanks to the workshop   rangers were enabled to create a database on the life and flowering cycles of 5 important tree species within two conservation areas. As well as strategies to take data from traces of mammals in protected areas

Another important point that was achieved with the workshop was to motivate staff. On the importance, they have as individuals directly in the conservation of natural resources.

Results

Tree species selected for the phenological data collection in ACOSA  Osa Conservation Area

Jobo (Spondias mombin)
Espavel (Anacardium excelsum)
Caobilla (Carapa guianensis)
Baco (Brosimum utile)
Golden fruit (Virola koschnyi)

Total number of trees with  phenological monitoring 100.

Tree species selected for the phenological data collection in ACG. Guanacaste Conservation Area

Guacimo ternero (Guazuma ulmifolia)

Mahogany (Swetenia macrophylla)

Nance (Byrsonima crassifolia)

Guanacaste (Enterolobium ciclocarpum)

Jobo (Spondias purpurea)

Total number of trees with  phenological monotoring 100.

Total numberof trees in project: 200

Participants.

Those who participated in the workshop were 19 outstanding rangers of the ACOSA conservation area, and 20 of the Guanacaste Conservation Area

Participants of Osa

Ethnobotanic Director at Pura Vida Spa  Agustin Contreras Arias

Fieldwork

Tapir

Tinamou egg