GUANACASTE DRY FOREST CONSERVATION FUND
4780 MAIN ROAD, HUNTINGTON, VT 05462 www.gdfcf.org

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Organizations Filed Purposes: ACG BIODIVERSITY INVENTORY:FUNDED BIODIVERSITY INVENTORY OF THE AREA DE CONSERVACION GUANANACASTE (ACG) FOR DIRECT SCIENTIFIC BASIC RESEARCH AND EDUCATION, AND FOR USE IN MANAGEMENT AND CONSERVATION DECISIONS BY ACG. EXPENSES INCLUDE THE OPERATING COSTS OF 13 RESEARCH STATIONS STAFFED BY LOCALLY-TRAINED PARATAXONOMISTS, FUNDING FOR RESEARCH ASSISTANTS, AND THE COST OF DNA BARCODING OF SPECIMENS COLLECTED. ALSO MADE A $1 MILLION GRANT TO THE UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH'S CENTRE FOR BIODIVERSITY GENOMICS TO ANALYZE THE DNA OF INSECTS TRAPPED IN COSTA RICA NATIONAL PARKS.

PURCHASE AND HOLDING OF LAND FOR PRESERVATION:CURRENT YEAR COSTS INCLUDE LEGAL FEES, MAPPING COSTS, AND CONTRACTOR PAYMENTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE NEGOTIATION OF ONGOING LAND PURCHASES, AS WELL AS PROPERTY TAXES AND FEES ASSOCIATED WITH EXISTING LAND HOLDINGS. DURING THE YEAR GDFCF CONCLUDED THE PURCHASE OF 175 ACRES OF FOREST LAND, INCLUDING 150 ACRES OF OLD GROWTH ORIGINAL RAINFOREST, FOR $280,000.THE ORGANIZATION RECEIVED $144,163 OF ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES PAYMENTS FROM THE GOVERNMENT OF COSTA RICA AS COMPENSATION FOR PRESERVING THESE FOREST LANDS, PLUS $114,648 FROM AN ELECTRICAL UTILITY COMPANY AS A MITIGATION PAYMENT FOR CONSTRUCTION OF WIND ENERGY UTILITY LINES OVER THE ORGANIZATION'S PROPERTY.

MADE DIRECT GRANTS TO AND OTHER PAYMENTS ON BEHALF OF THE AREA DE CONSERVACION GUANACASTE TO SUBSIDIZE EQUIPMENT PURCHASES AND OTHER COSTS OF ITS OPERATIONS.

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