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Sat, Dec 12, 2020
Costa Rica, a small Central American country, makes admirable efforts to preserve its biodiversity -equal to all Europe- by protecting vast tracts of forest, which rangers and scientists watch, as nature must return after past human (agricultural, logging ...) incursions. The prime indicator of the jungle ecosystem health is the apex predator, the jaguar, and his main prey, the also endangered peccary (wild porcine). Other key species include other felines (e.g. puma), the tapir -who makes bush paths-, various hummingbird - and monkey species, who spread seeds. Some species are rare and extremely inter-dependent, like certain macaws, including an emerald-iridescent one which nests only in dead branches of the wild almond tree. Despite poaching, reintroduction and natural growing back progress well, with the native tribes allowed inside nature reserves willing to adapt for the sake of wildlife.