Palo Verde National Park, established in 1978 in Guanacaste Province, Costa Rica, about 30 kilometers west of Canas, covers roughly 184 square kilometers of the Tempisque River valley within the Arenal Tempisque Conservation Area. The IUCN category II park protects tropical dry forest and the extensive marshlands of the Tempisque River across fifteen distinct topographical zones, and its wetlands were designated a Ramsar site of international importance in 1991. It is recognized as an Important Bird Area, home to species including scarlet macaws and wood storks.
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1. Palo Verde National Park (Wikipedia)
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Palo Verde National Park (Spanish: Parque Nacional Palo Verde), is a national park of Costa Rica, part of the Arenal Tempisque Conservation Area, that contains much of the area of the valley of the Tempisque River and covers an area of 18,400 ha (45,000 acres) in Guanacaste Province, 30 km west of Canas.
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National System of Conservation Areas (SINAC)
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The IUCN category II park protects tropical dry forest and the extensive marshlands of the Tempisque River across fifteen distinct topographical zones, and its wetlands were designated a Ramsar site of international importance in 1991.
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National System of Conservation Areas (SINAC)
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