Osa Peninsula, Costa Rica

You can help protect one of the world’s most beautiful and diverse habitats when you Adopt an Acre® today. The Osa Peninsula is a sanctuary of lush rainforests, bubbling streams and gorgeous beaches that melt into clear blue ocean. The lands and waters of the Osa are home to some of nature’s most colorful and graceful creatures, including scarlet macaws, jaguars, pumas, monkeys and sea turtles.

Today's Threats

Expanding urban areas, improved transportation and development are threatening the Osa’s precious natural resources. Farmers, hunters, developers, gold miners and tourists are flocking to this once isolated land, and the Osa’s majestic forests are being cut down.

Illegal logging, poaching, and poorly planned development are endangering the region’s majestic forests. In the waters throughout the peninsula, gold mining is also causing severe water pollution and soil erosion.

How Can You Help to Save the Osa Peninsula?

When you give today to the Adopt an Acre® program, you will help the Conservancy protect and restore what remains of one of the world’s most extraordinary yet highly threatened regions.

With your $50 donation per acre to the Adopt an Acre® program, you will receive:

• Personalized certificate with signature photo of the Osa Peninsula commemorating your generosity;
• Colorful fact sheet about the Osa rainforests;
• Nature Conservancy Magazine subscription to keep you informed all year long about this project and the many other places the Conservancy is working to protect around the world. (Plus, we'll rush the current magazine issue along with your personalized certificate!) 
• An invitation to create a personalized nature homepage on nature.org; and
• Great Places E-Newsletter subscription to our monthly e-communication with local conservation updates, enviro-tips you can use and stunning nature photography downloads.

Give Adopt-An-Acre as a Gift

Best of all, you’ll get the satisfaction of knowing you’re helping to protect this extraordinary wild habitat now and for future generations. Please Adopt an Acre today!

You can also give Adopt an Acre® as a gift. Your friend or loved one will adore this one-of-a-kind nature gift and enjoy it throughout the year. View all the benefits your gift recipient will receive.

Nature picture credits (top to bottom, left to right): Photo © Sergio Pucci (researchers in Osa's jungle); Photo © Sergio Pucci(scarlet macaw).