Our history
We plant our trees and shrubs with the help of volunteers who donate their time and dedication to us. We firmly believe that we must work as a team to achieve worthwhile changes.
Our
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2020
Fundación Bosque Vivo was born as a response to the lack of initiatives that existed to reforest highland forests in Costa Rica.
The first planting is organized on October 17, in which, with the help of Soy Héroe Ambiental and Selva Negra, 185 trees were planted in Finca Los Bambinos and 1,500 trees in bags.
2021
Fundación Bosque Vivo was born as a response to the lack of initiatives that existed to reforest highland forests in Costa Rica.
The first planting is organized on October 17, in which, with the help of Soy Héroe Ambiental and Selva Negra, 185 trees were planted in Finca Los Bambinos and 1,500 trees in bags.
December 2021
Bosque Vivo Foundation generates the first alliance with a forest nursery, in this case the Bosque Vivo SRL Nursery, this is a type of alliance that is expected to have with several nurseries throughout Costa Rica.
The nursery is built with resources from the Activa-Catie initiative and the Development Bank.
2022
On January 25, the UK Minister for the Environment, Zac Goldsmith, did us the honor of inaugurating our foundation and planting the first tree of the Living Forest Nursery.
We were also accompanied by Andrea Meza, the Minister of Environment of Costa Rica who also participated in the inauguration.
The Bosque Vivo Nursery has a capacity for 5,000 trees in bags and has its own seed germination section. Right now we have a total of 4,000 trees and a monthly growth of 2,000 trees is expected.
April 2022
On April 19, we were interviewed by a team of journalists from La Nación (Juan Fernando Lara, Rafael Pacheco and Kenneth Kangri), in the interview they talked about the farm where it all began, the beginnings of the foundation and everything we have achieved and will What do we want to achieve with the foundation?
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July 2022
We continue with the germination and collection of tall tree seedlings in our nursery, Vivero Bosque Vivo. At the moment we have approximately 5,000 trees and shrubs in bags and a section dedicated to seed germination.
October 2022
On October 22 we had the first planting of the Queen's Green Canopy project with the participation of the United Kingdom embassy, the Embassy ofCanada, The Chamber of CommerceBritish-Costa Rican, Videndum Production Solutions, Pearson LATAM and UCIMED. Thanks to the support of these companies we were able to collect funds to plant 450 trees and only on the first day of planting we were able to plant 350 of these.
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August
2023
On August 18 we had a planting event with Deloitte collaborators. We planted a total of 27 trees and shrubs around a wetland that we are rehabilitating.
On August 25 we formalized our alliance with Amigos of Costa Rica, which allows us to receive donations from the US.
November 2022
On November 5 we had the first planting of the Bosque Memorial project, a project of the XX Generation of Colegio La Salle.
The idea of the project is to plant a tree for each comrade who has left, thus leaving not only a forest in memory of all of them, but also a legacy.
A total of 22 trees were planted on behalf of the partners and 5 shrubs separately to attract pollinators.
November 2022
On November 5 we had the first planting of the Bosque Memorial project, a project of the XX Generation of Colegio La Salle.
The idea of the project is to plant a tree for each comrade who has left, thus leaving not only a forest in memory of all of them, but also a legacy.
A total of 22 trees were planted on behalf of the partners and 5 shrubs separately to attract pollinators.
November 2022
On November 5 we had the first planting of the Bosque Memorial project, a project of the XX Generation of Colegio La Salle.
The idea of the project is to plant a tree for each comrade who has left, thus leaving not only a forest in memory of all of them, but also a legacy.
A total of 22 trees were planted on behalf of the partners and 5 shrubs separately to attract pollinators.
November 2022
On November 5 we had the first planting of the Bosque Memorial project, a project of the XX Generation of Colegio La Salle.
The idea of the project is to plant a tree for each comrade who has left, thus leaving not only a forest in memory of all of them, but also a legacy.
A total of 22 trees were planted on behalf of the partners and 5 shrubs separately to attract pollinators.
November 2022
On November 5 we had the first planting of the Bosque Memorial project, a project of the XX Generation of Colegio La Salle.
The idea of the project is to plant a tree for each comrade who has left, thus leaving not only a forest in memory of all of them, but also a legacy.
A total of 22 trees were planted on behalf of the partners and 5 shrubs separately to attract pollinators.
November 2022
On November 5 we had the first planting of the Bosque Memorial project, a project of the XX Generation of Colegio La Salle.
The idea of the project is to plant a tree for each comrade who has left, thus leaving not only a forest in memory of all of them, but also a legacy.
A total of 22 trees were planted on behalf of the partners and 5 shrubs separately to attract pollinators.
October
2023
A wetland that had been lost due to livestock activity in the area is rehabilitated. The wetland has a total of 900m2 and more than 200 trees and bushes planted around it.
This project was sponsored by our friends and allies at Journey Costa Rica.
September
2023
On September 22 and 29 we had plantings with Experian Costa Rica. We planted a total of 289 trees and shrubs to expand a biological corridor that borders the Braulio Carrillo National Park.
January
2024
We managed to capture the first coyote visits to the wetland that we rehabilitated.
The animals in the area did not wait long to start taking advantage of the wetland, we began to see dragonflies, frogs, snakes and migratory birds.
March
2024
We began to see more and more animals near the wetland. We began to see a tapir, hares, armadillos and even cats like a manigordo and a jaguarundi.
April
2024
This year we celebrate Earth Month with Journey Costa Rica and Esploratori Learning Center. We had planting and environmental education activities.
With Journey Costa Rica we had a planting event in which we talked about the impact we are making with ecosystem restorations and then we planted a total of 500 trees on the slope of the Ciruelas River, adjacent to the Braulio Carrillo National Park.
With Esploratori Learning Center we had the opportunity to talk about the importance of trees and the impact that forests have on the environment.
All educational material created for the event was sponsored by Journey Costa Rica.
