The Talamancan Montane Forest Ecoregion is considered one of 5 ‘conservation hubs’ - large blocks of relatively intact natural habits - critical to the functionality of the Mesoamerican Biological Corridor
. One of WWF’s projects is the ‘Reconnaissance of the Talamancan Montane Forest Ecoregion in Costa Rica and Panama’.
Under this project, WWF will conduct a multidisciplinary rapid assessment of the Talamancan Montane Forest Ecoregion complex as a first step to determine the potential for carrying out an Ecoregion-Based Conservation programme. The reconnaissance should also orient WWF in framing the development of an ecoregional plan and identify any urgent needs requiring immediate action (i.e. how WWF should proceed).
WWF Central America
will assess the potential for developing a biodiversity conservation strategy for the Talamancan Montane Forests ecoregion. This strategy, termed Ecoregion-Based Conservation (ERBC), attempts to conserve the full range of natural communities and ecological and evolutionary phenomena, maintain viable populations of species, sustain important ecological processes and services that maintain biodiversity, and protect blocks of natural habitat large enough to be responsive to short- and long-term change.