Becoming a Global Environmental Citizen

Visualize yourself hiking in Corcovado National Park the remote, untamed jewel of Costa Rica's biodiversity crown.

Visit the Ngöbe indigenous communities in the Osa Peninsula…

Experience history and culture

Imagine the possibility of seeing by yourself the most beautiful

ocean wonders of

Costa Rica South Pacific coral reefs!!! The Caño Island Marine Biological Reserve

Becoming a OUR MISSION

Fundación Neotrópica has the mission to promote social consensus and self management for the conservation and fair and equitable sharing of the benefits generated by our natural resources.

For more information contact us: StudyAbroad@neotropica.org Phone: (506) 2253-2130 Fax: (506) 2253-4210

Visit our website if you want to know more about our work! www.neotropica.org The proceeds of these recreational/educational activities are funneled directly to small rural community tourism operations and sustainable tourism ventures that have been thoroughly evaluated by Fundación Neotrópica’s team (with 25 years of experience in environmental work). The percentage going to Fundación Neotrópica supports the work of its Centers for Studies and Community Empowerment to improve the community conservation options and the social wellbeing of the region you are visiting.

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SHORT TERM

What are the

Educational Programs?

SHORT TERM EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS Short Term 4 Day Program

“Tailor made”

The activities included in these mini courses will help participants to understand the reality of this region. Visitors will learn about the development of agriculture, sustainable management practices, and unsustainable management of natural resources.

These programs provide the participant the opportunityto be immersed in the social, environmental and cultural dynamics of the area.

This is achieved through a direct and personal experience of the main natural attractions, interaction with local people and the interpretation of both aspects through educational lectures that facilitate understanding, awareness and appreciation of the characteristics of the region.

“I was given a gift to be here and learn about the beauty and challenges in Osa”

Personnel and Standards

This course includes visits in Nicaragua and Costa Rica

Fundación Neotrópica has taken to the field in Central America approximately 10.000 students in its 25 years of existence

These courses focuses on socio-ecological conflicts, promoting a transformative experience that helps students to visualize their role in society through hands on activities and close contact with local community members.

Its staff has vast experience and training in U.S. based institutions such as The School for Field Studies and Prescott College in Northern Arizona. Therefore, these courses not only guarantee the highest standards in academic content and execution but also are designed to fulfill the risk management standards of the American Association for Experiential Education.

These programs present a set of sections (Case Studies), through which the students will have the opportunity to understand at close hand the challenges between conservation and economic development, tropical ecosystems and connectivity, environmental resource management, and socioeconomic factors impacting protected areas and surrounding regions in Costa Rica and Nicaragua.

Also, they will include the impacts of mega tourism development and socio-ecological conflicts, biodiversity conservation challenges, the political ecology of water and the new trends in political changes and conservation in Central America.

Case Study I: The Costa Rican Northwestern Pacific: The Coexistence of Mega Tourism and Sustainable Development in the Tropical Dry Forest.

Case Study II: Nicaragua Today Neo Sandinismo and Conservation Case Study III: Sustainable Productive Activities Biological Corridors and Hydro-electrical Power Dams in the Central Caribbean Region.

Case Study IV: Osa: Socio-Environmental Conflicts Poverty and Biodiversity: Community Conservation or Large Scale Development?

Vicky Gefen, Dallas Texas

Academic Terms

Extended Term 10-12 Day Program

“Socio-Environmental Conflicts and Sustainability: Case Studies in Costa Rica and Nicaragua”

“a transformative experience”

Neotropicursos

These programs don’t just provide the participants the opportunity to see exotic and unique places, but also put them in close contact with the social-environmental realities of the areas visited. These programs are “tailor made” and they are adaptable to the academic needs of the group and they will be designed according to the goals and objectives of the visiting group. These programs include visits to the South and North Pacific Region, and the Central Caribbean of Costa Rica.

Sustainable Development Studies Political Ecology Environmental Sciences Ecological Economics Social & Cultural Studies

These programs are a 4-day field trip to the southern zone of Costa Rica.

Also, participants will have the possibility to see one of the most exotic and biological diverse region of the country and will enjoy these natural attractions.

The EP are programs designed to promote transformative and experiential learning

4 Week Academic Programs

Neotropicursos

These programs include also visits to local communities struggling to reach acceptable quality of life by balancing their needs in harmony with nature.

(EP)

Our courses may be organized for shorter winter terms or longer regular/summer terms.

They can be designed both for academic credit or no-credit needs.

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