A growing climate crisis is threatening this unique ecosystem in Costa Rica's Monteverde, and its fauna and flora face an unclear future
The cloud forests of Monteverde, in the Central Cordillera of Costa Rica, are an inexhaustible reserve of water amid the threat of the global climate crisis / Photo: AFP
The high-altitude forest is still clinging to life, and it delights walkers with an infinite variety of greens under an uncomfortably bright sun: the fog which reigned supreme here only a short time ago dissipates as the temperature rises, explained 24-year-old forest guide Andrey Castrillo. At 1,400 metres above sea level and 140 kilometres northwest of the capital San Jose, the private nature reserve extends over 14,200 hectares and is home to a hundred species of mammals, 440 bird species and 1,200 types of amphibians.The mosses have dried on the tree trunks, the rivers are no more than streams, and the amphibians here have been the first victims of climate crisis.
As she spoke, she stared into the forest where the temperature had risen to more than 25 degrees Celsius, under a blue sky where only a few clouds crowned the peaks.
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