Celebrating five years in 2024, we are a growing non-profit organization who you can partner with by donating financially or with your time. El Niño is here and Costa Rica is experiencing a large scale intense bleaching event. Moving as quickly as possible to preserve the fragile genetics of our reef, we recently stopped planting out coral back to the oceans and are focusing on growing coral in our laboratory coral tanks. It is vital that we enlarge our lab to establish more tanks in order to preserve these precious corals.
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DONATE OR VOLUNTEER
We are a brand new non-profit organization that is just getting off the ground. You can help our cause by donating financially or your time. Please contact us for more information.
You can make a safe and secure USA tax-deductible donation through our Amigos of Costa Rica affiliate page.
Pablo Piedra
Co-Founder / CEO
Project Leader
Paul Dorr
Co-Founder – Head of Coral Propagation Operations
James Jacob
Coral Lab Manager
Laura Ruiz Madrigal
Co-Founder / Finance & Community Relations
Michael S. Hennessy
Co-Founder / Logistics & Operations
SUPPORTERS AND COLLABORATORS
MINAE COSTA RICA
The mission of MINAE is to contribute to quality of life improvements for people living in Costa Rica. It promotes management, conservation and sustainable development of the country’s elements, goods, services and oversees the country’s environmental and natural resources. Through legal provisions or international agreements, MINAE ensures that national development activities are respectful to both nature and citizen rights to create a healthy and ecologically balanced environment. LEARN MORE
RESERVA PLAYA TORTUGA
Reserva Playa Tortuga es un centro de investigación y educación biológica sin fines de lucro formado en 2009 por miembros de la comunidad (“científicos ciudadanos”) y científicos costarricenses. RPT tiene como objetivo contribuir a los campos de la investigación biológica y la gestión de la conservación basada en la ciencia, así como fomentar una cultura de conservación del medio ambiente en las áreas influenciadas por los humedales nacionales de la cuenca Terraba-Sierpe. LEARN MORE
ASANA
ASANA means Asociación Amigos de la Naturaleza del Pacífico Central y Sur (Friends of Nature of the Central and Southern Pacific Coast). ASANA works in conservation and supports programs that preserve and restore nature. Their goal is to work with local communities to empower them, raise awareness of conservation issues, organize local committees, explore community-based sustainable development alternatives, and protect the flora, fauna, habitats, and ecological processes of Paso de la Danta and its associated natural areas. LEARN MORE
BODHI SURF AND YOGA
Bodhia Surf and Yoga Camp has strongly supported our project with our shared commitment to protecting the ocean for future generations. Having taken a very active role in the local community since its inception, their mission is: “Educating, inspiring, and empowering our stakeholders to live more sustainably through surfing, yoga, nature immersion, and community engagement.” LEARN MORE
CATUOSA – TOURISM CHAMBER OF OSA
CATUOSA has over 30 years of experience working in the tourism industry. Business members commit to sustainable development, with special attention to the well-being of the inhabitants of the southern region through the economic development of responsible tourism. They are a national leader with the “Osa Initiative Free of Single-Use Plastic,” a campaign signed on November 9, 2017, which was successfully presented the same year at the United Nations World Summit on the Environment in Nairobi. LEARN MORE
