Red-eyed Tree Frog egg cluster (C) Roy Toft
Read about our Sea Turtle Conservation and Monitoring Program.
Read the Friends of the Osa Science Plan, developed by Dr. Trond Larsen, our Science Director.
Dr. Trond Larsen makes the case against the tuna-fattening project proposed for the Golfo Dulce. |
With so many amazing research opportunities, its no wonder that we have a number of scientists, students and experts actively engaged in research on the peninsula. Friends of the Osa holds regular meetings on the Osa where scientists share the results of their studies with fellow researchers and the local community. Topics discussed at our most recent meeting were: the population dynamics and role of Jaguars and other large cat species in the Osa's ecosystems, Olive Ridley sea turtle conservation, butterflies as environmental indicators, and squirrel monkey (titi-mono) populations in regenerating forests.
At our first research meeting in 2005, the Evergreen Fellows program was announced. This scholarship program awards grants to researchers engaged in conservation-based research on the Osa. To date, Evergreen Fellow grantees include:
Alejandro Lopera and his research on the interaction between forest regeneration and invertebrate seed dispersal, Mike Boston and his population and distribution studies of the American crocodile, and Aida Bustamante for her work on the Osa's jaguar populations. Beyond the Evergreen fellows program, we support a number of researchers studying a range of topics from amphibian and avian population monitoring to botanical distribution and systematic studies.
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