Costa Rica built a global reputation on bold conservation—pioneering ecotourism, protecting 25% of its land, and becoming a model for reforestation and biodiversity protection.

Costa Rica's Constitution guarantees the right to a healthy environment. Environmental impact assessments are mandatory. Wildlife corridors are legally protected. On paper, the framework is exemplary.

But weak enforcement allows unchecked development to destroy vital ecosystems outside protected areas—eroding the very reputation Costa Rica spent decades building.

Luxury developments serving foreign buyers fragment vital ecosystems, isolate wildlife populations, and destroy biodiversity hotspots—one subdivision at a time.

We're launching pilot projects to identify the bottlenecks in government land conservation programs—bureaucracy and years-long approval processes that deter landowners from participating. Our goal: automate these steps wherever possible.

And we're building an environmental defense fund to enable strategic litigation—to stop destructive development in its tracks while establishing clarifying legal precedent.