Canadian Organization for Tropical Education and Research
| Abbreviation | COTERC |
|---|---|
| Formation | 1991 |
| Type | Charity |
| Legal status | active |
| Headquarters | Pickering, Ontario |
| Location | |
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Region served
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Canada Costa Rica |
| Website | coterc.org |
The Canadian Organization for Tropical Education and Rainforest Conservation (COTERC) is a registered Canadian-based charity. COTERC was founded in 1991 and is based in Pickering, Ontario, Canada but also has operates in Costa Rica, with Caño Palma Biological Station.
The Canadian Organization for Tropical Education and Rainforest Conservation was founded in 1991 to protect tropical rainforests. The board of directors is composed of biologists, accountants, educators, environmentalists, zoo professionals, and media professionals operating in both Canada and Costa Rica. The mission of the organization is to provide leadership in education, research, conservation, and the educated use of natural resources in the tropics.
The Canadian Organization for Tropical Education and Rainforest Conservation has been associated with Toronto Zoo for 20 years. In Canada, a teaching guide for rainforests based on the Ontario curriculum is available to teachers along with over fifty fact sheets on the wildlife of the Tortuguero Region of Costa Rica.
The station was founded, and is continued to be supported by the Canadian Organization for Tropical Education and Research. The Caño Palma Biological Station is about five miles (18 km) north of Tortuguero, Costa Rica on Costa Rica’s north-east coast and is located inside the Barra del Colorado Wildlife Refuge. It is adjacent to Caño Palma, a palm-filled canal that separates the Biological Station from the Caribbean Sea by a mere 200–300 metres. This area, once an ancient floodplain, is covered by lowland Atlantic tropical wet forest and is one of Costa Rica’s richest biological ecosystems. Due to being a secondary growth forest, the area provides a home for unique plant and animal species.
Some endangered species such as the green, leatherback, hawksbill and loggerhead sea turtles nest on beaches accessible from the station. Access to Caño Palma can only be made by boat via a network of rivers and canals.
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