Throughout 2025, the Rivers and Forests Alliance (RAFA) partnered with Rios Lodge on an ongoing environmental education initiative designed to improve water quality in the Pacuare River. As part of this program, individual travelers and visiting groups staying at the lodge on the banks of the Pacuare River learn about river ecosystems while engaging in […]
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On May 26, 2025, the Rivers and Forests Alliance (RAFA), EM Research Organization Inc., and Instituto Andrea Jiménez came together for a joyful day of hands-on environmental action at the San José–based school. Students, parents, and staff worked side by side to create nearly 800 mud balls infused with beneficial microorganisms, transforming learning into real-world
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On Earth Day 2025, RAFA was honored to welcome volunteers from the London Stock Exchange Group Foundation to Finca San Martín in Tres Equis, Turrialba, for a hands-on day of restoration, learning, and shared purpose. Together, we planted 320 native trees, directly contributing to reforestation efforts in the Pacuare River Basin and the restoration of
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We are delighted to have celebrated our first World Water Day and World Forest Day Festival (Feria del Dia Mundial de Agua y Bosques) on March 23rd in Tres Equis de Turrialba. RAFA organized the event with the Barbilla-Destierro Biological Subcorridor Paso del Jaguar and the Citizen Water Observatory (OCA) Rio Pacuare Turrialba-Siquirres. We shared
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The Rivers and Forests Alliance (RAFA) is committed to reforesting the Pacuare River Basin and its surrounding areas to improve habitat connectivity in the biological corridor. Recently, RAFA partnered with the Barbilla-Destierro Biological Subcorridor – Paso del Jaguar to help our friends in the Nairi Awari indigenous territory plant 1,100 trees in their community. Nairi
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We are pleased to announce that the Rivers and Forests Alliance (RAFA) has joined 1% for the Planet as an environmental partner! Started in 2002 by Yvon Chouinard, founder of Patagonia, and Craig Mathews, founder of Blue Ribbon Flies, 1% for the Planet has helped to direct hundreds of millions of dollars to approved environmental
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Working with the Barbilla-Destierro Biological Subcorridor Paso del Jaguar, the Rivers and Forests Alliance (RAFA) has planted 7,965 trees since October 2021 to restore forest connectivity and wildlife habitats in the Pacuare River Basin. The Pacuare River Basin is part of the Barbilla-Destierro Biological Subcorridor Paso del Jaguar, a habitat for jaguars, wild peccaries, three
Thank you to all the incredible students and staff of the Verto Education Costa Rica program who helped us plant 1,500 trees on December 6 to reforest the Pacuare River Basin. We are very grateful to the Costa Rican electrical company ICE for donating the native species trees. The project is the second reforestation by
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We are thrilled to announce that RAFA has been chosen to participate in the 2023 3M Local Impact Costa Rica program. This program, led by the American multinational corporation 3M Company, aims to bring together local 3M employees with nonprofit organizations, social enterprises, educational institutions, and government agencies to develop solutions for social and environmental
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The Rivers and Forests Alliance (RAFA), together with the Macaw Recovery Network (MRN) and the Citizen Water Observatory (OCA) Rio Pacuare Turrialba-Siquirres held a grand reforestation event on October 28 to restore the connectivity in the Barbilla-Destierro Biological Subcorridor and the Pacuare River Basin. With 92 volunteers ranging from 2 to 71 years old, we
1,615 More trees planted in the Pacuare River Basin! Read More »