SUPPORT OUR WORK
The science is only as strong as the resources behind it
Cabo Blanco Conectado is a small, independent NGO operating in one of Central America's most significant conservation landscapes.
We do not have the backing of a large institution. What we have is a rigorous programme, a programme built around the communities who live and work in this landscape, and a clear idea of what needs to be done.
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Every contribution goes directly into the work. Here is what it funds.
DONATIONS
Real work. Real place. Real impact.
$100
A STAKEHOLDER CONVERSATION
The payment for ecosystem services scheme we are building will only work if it is designed around what landowners in Cóbano actually need - and that starts with a conversation.
One hundred dollars covers the cost of a single landowner engagement: from the travel to a priority ranch, through the in-depth interviews and the subsequent data processing.
One conversation is one data point. Enough of them build the picture that makes a co-designed scheme possible.
$300
A COMMUNITY WORKSHOP
Interviews tell us what individuals think. Workshops are where those individual perspectives become a collective voice.
Three hundred dollars covers the cost of hiring a function room, materials, and the refreshments that make a half-day participatory workshop with a ranching or road community feel like an invitation rather than an obligation.
These workshops are where the scheme moves from theory to practice - where community knowledge and priorities drive the scheme design.
$500
A CAMERA TRAP DEPOLYMENT
Five hundred dollars covers a complete camera trap unit - camera, steel security casing & cable, memory cards, and batteries - deployed at a survey location in the Cóbano study area.
Each unit runs continuously for a full survey season, contributing detection data to population density estimates for our four focal mammals.
A camera trap in the right location, running for a full season, produces data that feeds directly into the connectivity models that inform where we act - and into the long-term record that tells us whether what we are doing is working.
Why this matters
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The Corredor Biologico Peninsular was Costa Rica's first biological corridor. The communities of Cóbano have lived alongside one of Central America's most biodiverse landscapes for generations, and their knowledge of this landscape is the foundation of everything we do here.
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The monitoring programme, the connectivity analysis, and the community co-design work are all running simultaneously in a landscape that warrants it. That work has a direct cost - in equipment, in fieldwork, in the time required to do it properly.
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Every contribution goes directly into that work. No institutional overhead. No intermediary layers. Straight into the field.
SCALED IMPACT
For individuals, families, and organizations interested in accelerating our progress - whether by anchoring a reforestation season or securing a multi-year scientific baseline - we invite a deeper conversation about the future of the corridor.
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Large-scale donations provide the essential momentum required to match the pace of environmental change. We are committed to transparency in our work and ensuring that those who make this mission possible have a clear window into the progress they are enabling. This is a tangible project with measurable impacts, and your support provides the foundation for the work required to restore the connectivity this ecosystem depends on.
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