Tenorio Lodge Plants Biodiversity of Costa Rica is home to a wide variety of flora and the most richest in the world with over 10 000 species of plants and flowers.More than 25% of the territory is occupied by national parks and reserves. Costa Rica ranks among the 14 nations possess more than 23% of their land under protection (25.6% of national parks or ecological reserves). This small country has managed to stop deforestation. (75% of the territory was covered in forest in 1950, 25% today).
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