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<\/p>\nLast week we had the pleasure of welcoming professors Edwin Pos and Yann Hautier of Utrecht University to our project in Costa Rica. It was a week entirely dedicated to local collaborations. Our project managers Maarten and Hanneke together with the professors visited different organizations in Costa Rica to strengthen existing collaborations and initiate new ones..<\/p>\n
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We visited the Centro Cient\u00edfico Tropical (CCT) where we gave a presentation on our new reforestation experiment. We also visited the Lankester Botanic Garden, Costa Rica’s main herbarium, and the Centro de Investigaciones Agron\u00f3micas (CIA), all part of the University of Costa Rica (UCR). These visits were very important for collaboration on tree and plant identification for our biodiversity research and to join forces for the new reforestation experiment on the plot already acquired.<\/p>\n
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We also received two officials from the local government (SINAC), the body responsible for all national parks in Costa Rica. This was a valuable meeting to strengthen cooperation between Barbilla National Park and our reserve.<\/p>\n
It was an incredibly valuable week in which we joined forces with various parties to improve effective conservation strategies. We would like to thank all parties involved for this fantastic collaboration!<\/p>\n
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A special thanks goes out to Adobe Rent a Car. Thanks to their provided Hyundai and support to our foundation, we were able to visit these different parties and add more local partners and expertise to our research project..<\/p>\n
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