Maquenque National Park

Maquenque National Park
Location	Costa Rica
Established	proposed
Governing body	National System of Conservation Areas (SINAC)

Maquenque National Park is a proposed National Park, which would form part of the Arenal Huetar Norte Conservation Area, in the northern part of Costa Rica. It would bring together a number of existing Nature Reserves, Wildlife refuges and Forest Reserves to form a new National Park. The park would cover areas between the San Carlos River and the Sarapiquí River and other areas near the Nicaraguan border.

Among the existing reserves that would be consolidated would be Cerro El Jardin Forest Reserve, Cureña Forest Reserve, Laguna Maquenque Wetlands and the Lacustrino de Tamborcito Wetlands. The area contains large amounts of Almendro trees (Dipteryx oleifera), a favored food source of the Great Green Macaw,^[1] which has led the World Parrot Trust among other organisations to campaign to create this national park.

References

↑ Arias, Guisselle Monge; Chassott, Olivier (November 2002). http://www.parrots.org/pdfs/our_publications/psittascene/excerpts/great_green_macaw/Pages%20from%2002Nov53.pdf/pdfs/our_publications/psittascene/excerpts/great_green_macaw/Pages%20from%2002Nov53.pdf "Great Green Macaw: Flagship Species of Costa Rica" Check |url= value (help) (PDF). PsittaScene (53). Retrieved 2013-01-30.

National Parks of Costa Rica by Conservation Area

Arenal Huetar Norte	Juan Castro Blanco Maquenque (proposed)

Arenal Tilaran	Arenal Volcano Tenorio Volcano

Caribbean La Amistad	Barbilla Cahuita La Amistad

Central Pacific	Carara La Cangreja Los Quetzales Manuel Antonio

Central Volcanic	Braulio Carrillo Irazú Volcano Poás Volcano Turrialba Volcano

Guanacaste	Guanacaste Rincón de la Vieja Volcano Santa Rosa

Osa	Corcovado Piedras Blancas

Pacific La Amistad	Chirripó La Amistad Tapantí

Tempisque	Barra Honda Diria Las Baulas (marine) Palo Verde

Tortuguero	Tortuguero

Cocos Island	Cocos Island

Coordinates: 10°26′55.04″N 84°16′34.93″W / 10.4486222°N 84.2763694°W / 10.4486222; -84.2763694

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