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Resources for
The Cloudbridge Project

Bridging a Costa Rican cloud forest
In the valley below Mt Chirripó in Costa Rica, a unique conservation venture is under way.

Resources:
  • Organizations
  • Links
  • Books and Articles
Cloudbridge Falls - in the Cloudbridge Nature Reserve in Costa Rica
(Cloudbridge Falls. Click on image to see more waterfalls)

The Chirripó Cloudbridge Reserve Project

The Cloudbridge Reserve, situated in a beautiful and remote cloud forest on the highest mountain in Central America, is a private nature reserve in Costa Rica. It was created to preserve and reforest an important gap in the cloud forest adjoining the Chirripó Pacifico river on the slopes of Mt. Chirripó.  

The project plan may be found at cloudbridge.org/project.htm . Below are some related organizations and written resources that we are drawing on for the project.

Organizations

Cloud forest and pasture -- site of the Cloudbridge reforestation project in Costa Rica In Costa Rica

Outside Costa Rica

Links

Books and Articles

Books

  • The Diversity of Life by E.O. Wilson. Cambridge, Mass.: Belknap Press, 1992.
  • A Neotropical Companion: An Introduction to the Animals. Plants, and Ecosystems of the New World Tropics, Kricher, J. 1997.  2nd ed. Princeton University Press, Princeton, NJ.
  • Costa Rican Natural History Edited by Daniel. H. Janzen. University of Chicago Press, Chicago IL, 1983.
  • A Naturalist in Costa Rica by Alexander F Skutch
  • Los Bosques de Roble (Quercus) de la Cordillera de Talamanca, Costa Rica: Biodiversidad, Ecologia, Conservación y Desarrollo by Maarten Kappelle
  • An Introduction to Cloud Forest Trees: Monteverde, Costa Rica by William A. Haber, Erick Bello, and Willow Zuchowski. Mountain Gem Pub., 2nd edition, 2000
  • A Place in the Rain Forest: Settling the Costa Rican Frontier by Darryl Cole-Christensen
  • GIS Methodologies for Developing Conservation Strategies: Tropical Forest Recovery and Wildlife Management in Costa Rica Edited by Basil G Savitsky and Thomas E Lacher
  • The Green Republic: A Conservation History of Costa Rica by Sterling Evans
  • Costa Rica: Adventures in Nature by Ree Strange Sheck
  • An Introduction to Cloud Forest Trees: Monteverde, Costa Rica by  William A Haber, Willow Zuchowski and Erick Bello
  • Field Guide to the Wildlife of Costa Rica by Carrol L Henderson
  • Costa Rica: Forest Strategy and the Evolution of Land Use by  Ronnie de Camion, Olman Segura, Luis Guillermo Arias and Isaac Pérez
  • Green Phoenix: Restoring the Tropical Forests of Guanacaste, Costa Rica by William Allen
  • More at Costa Rica Books Scientific

Articles and Studies

Do you know of other important resources? If so please email Genevieve Giddy.


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