Marine Conservation Costa Rica

Quepos,  Puntarenas 
Costa Rica
http://www.marineconservationcostarica.org

Join us in our mission to restore Costa Rica's reefs.

In Costa Rica, we have one of the highest biodiversities both on the land and in the water. Our oceans are important to our way of life and protecting them is our duty. 

We are a non-profit organization based in Quepos, on the Pacific coast of Costa Rica. We are dedicated to working towards a better ocean thtough education and action. We offer Reef Restoration Courses, Coral Internships & Marine Educational Courses. Our flagship project is a coral restoration project and nursery which is based in the Manuel Antonio National Park. We are currently restoring 3 species of Pacific hard corals. We also work on Marine education projects, outreach programs in our local community and collaborate on whale and turtle research projects. 

We have a volunteer and internship program for our coral restoration project and offer opportunities for individuals to conduct their own reserach programs. We also offer professional level dive training in our marine conservation programs in partnership with a local dive training facility.

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• 10% off of our Marine Conservation Intern and Volunteer programs (Nov 02, 2020)

  Sign up for one of our marine conservation internship programs and receive a 10% discount. 

  Come join us for a 2 week to 1 month internship working alongside our MCCR team. Learn about our coral restoration project and the work that our team does on the reef here in Costa Rica. Learn all about the coral nurseries and take an active role in maintaining them as well as gathering important data on their health. Also take part in additional training and research during your time, learning about all aspects of our coral reefs. 

  What is included

  1. PADI Coral Restoration Specialty Certification
  2. 4 additional marine conservation specialties (2 specialty with 2 week program)
  3. Minimum 32 dives on the 1 month program. 16 dives on the 2 week program.
  4. All equipment and materials
  5. Donation to MCCR 

  1 month program including all dives and certifications starts at $2599

  DEMA show special $2339

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• 20% off - Adopt a Coral Nursery - Support Coral Reef Restoration (Nov 02, 2020)

  Our “Adopt a Coral” program directly benefits our coral reef restoration project and helps us grow more coral to outplant, resulting in a healthier reef system and ocean.
  
  Coral nurseries are and integral part of the restoration process, coral fragments are placed in nurseries for 6-12 months where we monitor and care for them until they are large enough for outplanting on the reef.
  
  For the DEMA show only, adopt a coral nursery with Marine Conservation Costa Rica and receive a 20% discount. These symbolic adoption certificates make a wonderful gift and it's supporting healthier coral reefs.

  What do you receive?

  • The opportunity to name your nursery
  • A digital certificate with your coral nursery infomation and location on GPS
  • Information about the type of coral nursery structure that you have adopted.

  Regular Price $100

  DEMA Show Special $80
  Adopt a Coral Nursery Today

• 20% off - Adopt a Coral Reef - Support Coral Reef Restoration (Nov 02, 2020)

  Our “Adopt a Coral” program directly benefits our coral reef restoration project and helps us outplant more coral colonies, resulting in a healthier reef system and ocean. 
  
  We grow coral fragments in our coral nurseries, with this adoption the Marine Conservation Costa Rica team will transplant 25  new coral colonies onto one of our target reefs for restoration in Costa Rica. 
  
  For the DEMA show only, Adopt a Coral Reef with Marine Conservation Costa Rica and receive a 20% discount. These symbolic adoption certificates make a wonderful gift and it's supporting healthier coral reefs.

  What do you receive?

  • The opportunity to name your reef
  • A digital certificate with your coral reef details and location on GPS
  • Information about the type of coral that you have adopted.
  • An update after 6 months

  Regular Price $250

  DEMA Show Special $200.00

  Adopt a Coral Reef Today

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• New Coral Reef Research Program in Costa Rica (Nov 02, 2020)

  Marine Conservation Costa rica is proud to announce a new CORAL REEF RESEARCH SPECIALTY CERTIFICATION

  Marine conservation Costa Rica is a non-profit based in Manuel Antonio, Costa Rica. They work primarily in restoring and researching the coral reefs along the pacific coast. As part of this they are working with the government organization SINAC to research the health of coral reefs around Costa Rica. 

  This program has been designed specifically to explore and implement these research techniques on our reefs here in Costa Rica. During this course you will learn about coral reef systems and their importance, and why we need to study coral reef systems. We will learn what is reef monitoring and understand what factors should be considered when setting up a monitoring/research project. In addition we will cover what research methods are available and practise various widely used research methods over 4 dives.

  We are excited to release this program to assist with the research and restoration of our coral reefs.

  Visit our website to learn more about our coral courses and programs

  
  

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