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Spanning only 0.03% of the planet’s overall surface, Costa Rica is a small land indeed. When it comes to nature, however (both in terms of diversity and preservation), no other country compares. The level of environmental performance makes it the most important land of its kind in the Americas, and the third most important worldwide (after Iceland and Switzerland). |
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Practically half of its surface is covered by woodland and jungle, 25% of its terrain is protected, and it contains the highest species biodiversity ratio per square kilometre on the planet.
This feature offers a sneak peek into the seemingly never-ending richness of its wildlife, flora, volcanoes, jungles, rainforests, ancient rivers, virgin beaches and wetlands, all of which are distributed across an impressive 27 national parks and biological and forest reserves.
