Situated at the doorstep of the Area de Conservación Guanacaste World Heritage Site, Peninsula Papagayo is blessed with a magical biological corridor. The master developer believes the best way of preserving biodiversity and restoring ecosystem services is by integrating people and nature in the most sensitive manner possible, so that residents can appreciate and contribute to its conservation in perpetuity. Peninsula Papagayo will continue to build capacity and credibility as a conservation-focused community by measuring species diversity, abundance and production, and returning degraded habitat to a healthy, functioning condition that supports priority wildlife species.

Rising ocean temperatures are expected to exceed the ability of coral reefs to survive within the next one to three decades, according to UNESCO. With restoration no longer an option, Peninsula Papagayo, working in collaboration with Costa Rica’s Ministry of Environment and a team of leading experts, has begun the process of restoring the coral reef ecosystems in Culebra Bay. Though growing coral is a long term proposition, there is cause for hope. In a period of 8-10 months, our partners from Raising Coral Costa Rica have been able to achieve an acceleration in growth that typically takes 12-15 years.