Proyecto Costa Rica-Benin: Informe de actividades de 2019
El cuarto informe de actividades del proyecto Costa Rica-Benín informa sobre las actividades de 2019 en los sitios de Costa Rica (Cuajiniquil, Térraba Sierpe y Puntarenas) y Benin (Ouidah). Se han hecho progresos significativos en la restauración hidrológica de Cuajiniquil, Térraba Sierpe y Ouidah, con el restablecimiento de la circulación de agua mediante la excavación […]
Restoration gets underway: 26 new channels excavated
The hydrological rehabilitation protocol was defined based on analyses of the restoration and reference sites (excavation of 26 new channels and restoration of 19 pre-existing channels – a huge task!) Ad hoc nurseries will produce plants from the Rhizophora and Avicennia species, while spoil from the excavation of the channels will form an artificial platform […]
Diagnosis of the local environment
The first field visit to the Cuajiniquil and Térraba-Sierpe sites took place in August 2018. It was an opportunity to inspect the reference sites and areas to be restored prior to installing field monitoring equipment. A second visit to the sites was made at the end of November/early December 2018 to install Thalimedes sensors to […]