If there is one country which can claim "tropical paradise" it is Costa Rica. Although the land area only stretches about 50.000 km2, countless species of plants and animals find the best conditions of living. Wide areas of the central american nation are protected as nationalparks, forest and bio reservates.
As far as climate protection is concerned, this tiny country is also a genuine pioneer and by 2021, Costa Rica intends to become the first “CO2-neutral” nation in history.
The flora includes the tropical wood teak, which was first cultivated in Costa Rica at the beginning of the 20th century. Costa Rica provides the ideal soil and best possible climatic prerequisites for this sensitive tree, which only grows and flourishes in special and extremely limited climate zones.