Sector San Cristobal

Sector San Cristobal: Located on a strategic location between the Cacao Volcano and the Rincón de la Vieja Volcano, also on the divsion of the Pacific and Atlantic slope, is a mixture of middle to high elevation rain forest with influence from the Caribean and Pacific. Part of this sector were important cattle farms that today on a directed restauration process where existing grass is been eliminated (african star) planting tree speices that provide shade (melina and botarama) to eliminate the grass and allow the arrival of seeds from the forest of the area dispersed by the animals. The restauration and silvicultural program of the ACG has developt forest restauration projects, there is also a station of the caterpillar inventory. Today with a bigger forest coverage the movements of animals (jaguar, dantas, jabali and others) have been observed between both volcanic mazisos. There is a rich variety of plants and animals specially insects.

There is a house for the caterpillar inventory, with electricity, accesible all year round by 4x4, ther is also an other small house that can be used.

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Publicado por: federico@usematics.com