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Environmental Protection |
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Punta Leona awarded 3 Blue Flags
and Triple A Rating |
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The Blue Flag
is the highest recognition that the country offers for quality
of its ocean and drinking waters as well as cleanliness of
its' beaches and level of safety for swimmers. Since 1998
Punta Leona's three beaches - "Playa Blanca", "Playa
Mantas" and "Playa Limoncito" all received
this award given by Costa Rica Government Authorities.
Since 2000, the Costa Rican Government also
awarded Punta Leona's Playa Blanca white sand beach the coveted
AAA rating - the highest award for cleanliness and safety
- which no other beach in Costa Rica currently holds.
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Scarlet Macaw Conservation Program |
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Scarlet Macaws once flourished
throughout Central America. Unfortunately due primarily to
poaching (the practice of taking eggs from nests in order
to sell the chicks as "house pets") they are in
danger of extinction. In Costa Rica they can only be seen
in the Carara National Park - Punta Leona area and the Osa
Peninsula.
At Punta Leona, under the direction of biologist
Christopher Vaughn, a program began in 1996 to try to increase
the numbers of Scarlet Macaws in the area. Artificial nests
were built and placed high in trees in an attempt to attract
Macaws to lay their eggs on the Punta Leona property; a protected
area where poachers would not be able to get to the eggs.
This past breeding season, several of the artificial nests
held chicks |
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Articles about Environmental
Protection at Hotel Punta Leona |
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Speech for Bandera Azul Ecologica Act
Hotel and Club Punta Leona considered leader in Bandera Azul Ecológica
Conservar es un buen negocio [Article
in spanish]
Espacios naturales protegidos[ Article
in spanish]
Bandera Azul Ecológica ondeará en 58 playas [Article
in spanish]
58 playas con Bandera Azul [Article
in spanish]
PREMIAN 58 PLAYAS CON BANDERA ECOLÓGICA [Article
in spanish]
Arias reconoce esfuerzo ambiental [Article
in spanish]
Bandera azul ecológica Premiados cuatro
pueblos sin costa [Article
in spanish]
Entrega del Galardón Bandera Azul Ecológica
a cuarenta y nueve comunidades costarricenses. [Article
in spanish]
Siga en la ruta de la Bandera Azul [Article
in spanish]
Aumenta
el interés por Bandera Azul en Playas Ticas [Article
in spanish]
Playa
Blanca, La mejor del País. Only Beach in Costa Rica
to obtain the "4 star award" maximum distintion
from the program: "Bandera Azul Ecológica".
Feb 2005
[Article in spanish]
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