Traversing the river – Take off the boots and step carefully on those slippery rocks Left to right, Emma Moore USA, Florian (Flo) Hammer & Katharina Lutz both from Germany Research: Jenn Powell, our biologist, attended a Read More …
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July 2016
Researchers from the University of Central Florida (UCF) and the University of Costa Rica (UCR) discovered a new species of snake in Costa Rica. This species resides in the cloud forests of the Talamanca mountain range, which is where Read More …
June 2016
Across the world the earth’s living systems are experiencing extreme summer heat and other drastic weather conditions. 2016 is already the hottest year on record, with India and other regions experiencing record shattering temperatures, and scientists are speaking about the Read More …
May 2016
Our favorite time of year – Tree Planting Season New Volunteers: Emma Moore – Conneticut, USA “I really want to learn about Costa Rican flora and fauna. I look forward to helping the reforestation project by planting trees and maintaining Read More …
April 2016
Volunteers: Corinna Franke – Germany Corinna graduated from school and after this exciting break she will start university in the fall. She has been travelling for 6 months. Previous to Costa Rica she was in Read More …
March 2016
As the dry season is slowly passing we are reminded of how important moisture is for our forest. It is an extremely dry year with record warm temperatures in this normally cool moist cloud forest. Some of our recently planted Read More …
February 2016
Our tree nursery is a vital part of the Cloudbridge fight against climate change. Planting trees helps to cool the earth and take in and store CO2. Newly grown rainforests can absorb 11 times as much carbon from the atmosphere Read More …
January 2016
Education: 16 students from Gatton Academy, Western Kentucky University were at Cloudbridge (under the direction of Dr. Keith Philips) through our Study Abroad program. We divided into 5 groups with group leaders guiding them in the studies of Read More …
December 2015
We end our year with the satisfaction of good work achieved at the reserve in 2015 and our wish is for a healthy and safe planet for everyone in the New Year! May the refugees find new homes and be welcomed Read More …
November 2015
Photo by Frank Spooner Volunteers: Dr. Bob from Maine is back again this year as a volunteer. His medical services in the past have been used on occasion, but for the most part we are hoping that won’t be Read More …