Bio Corridor Project
Improve Genetic Viability
There are two known locations of the Mono Tití in Manuel Antonio area. The two groups are unfortunately disconnected and monkeys from one cannot travel to the other group. This is a genetically dangerous situation.
Starting in the year 2001, ASCOMOTI has worked with local schools and owners of property along a river bed to create a biological corridor that will connect these two groups of monkeys using trees that are indigenous to the area and that the mono titís use to feed. So far we have planted over 30,000 trees to create this corridor. We still have 20,000 to go.
We are fortunate to have a local farmer who supplies us with small saplings that the local schools use to cultivate and take care of in their tree nurseries for a year. After that year is up, we purchase from the schools these saplings (funds go to buy materials needed at the schools) and the school children help us plant these saplings along the biological corridor. The school children learn about conservation through this invaluable program and they take this knowledge back home. We are very excited to complete this corridor, for not only does it serve the mono titi's, but it also improves the viability of other flora and fauna of our region.
Local Students learn about Environment and help plant Bio Corridor
The following photos (click on each one to enlarge them) tell the story of our local students carrying the plants they grew in their nursery to the biological corridor where they are instructed how to plant the saplings and then have fun working on our biological corridor project:
|
|
|
|
|
|