 The Monteverde Reserve is one of Monteverde's main attraction, on this tour you are going to explore the Reserve and see for yourself an incredible amount of flora and fauna, here is a small description of the Reserve:
Costa Rica has very diverse local weather and the Monteverde area is no expception. There are in fact 5 life zones in the area; tropical premontian, tropical premontian wet, tropical lower mountain wet forest, tropical lower mountain rain forest and tropical premountain rain forest.
One of the concepts of land protection in the Tilaran / Monteverde area is to create a tract of protected forests traversing a number of elevations providing a corridor to animals and birds. The two private parks as well as many other protected areas such as the Children's Eternal Rain Forest are a part of this corridor.
This fragile habitat has a number of endemic species that are endangered. Many of the dangers that face the reserves are global problems. Global warming, solar radiation and the ozone layer can have a devastating effect on the flora and fauna of these regions. The Golden Toad is an example of a now extinct species as a result of changes in the worlds climate.
Many species of birds in Costa Rica are seen leaving what was thought of as to be their territory in search of foods in higher or lower elevations as the case may be. If temperatures continue to rise some day the cloud forest itself could die. The mountains are only so high and there is a point where the factor of elevation cannot keep the needed cooler climate of the cloud forest.
One of the concepts of land protection in the Tilaran / Monteverde area is to create a tract of protected forests traversing a number of elevations providing a corridor to animals and birds. The two private parks as well as many other protected areas such as the Children's Eternal Rain Forest are a part of this corridor.
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