Costa Rica is famous worldwide for its system of preservation of the environment and its flora and fauna. There are about three hundreds of protected areas consisting of national parks, biological reserves, wildlife refuges, monuments and recreational areas. These comprise almost 25% of the national territory.
The National Parks and Wildlife Refuges of Costa Rica are managed by MINAE, the Ministerio de Ambiental y Energia. Responding to the new policies of the MINAE, eleven Conservation Areas were established by this department in 1998 to oversee and manage the public lands of Costa Rica. These conservation areas are known as the Sistema Nacional de Areas de Conservacion, or SINAC.
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