In 1972, Costa Rica began protecting a misty mountain forest: Decades later, Monteverde’s 10,500 hectares have become a remarkable conservation story |
High in Costa Rica’s Tilarán mountains, the forest often appears to be suspended between land and sky. Mist moves through the trees, settles on leaves and mosses, and becomes part of the water moving down the slopes. At Monteverde, that moisture is not simply a feature of the scenery. The forest sits along the Continental…