| 1. Policies and Programs |
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1.1 The hotel keeps written records identifying and monitoring negative environmental impact. Weight:
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| - Yes, Lapa Rios identifies, records and monitors environmental impacts caused by its operations or by any outside source. Controls for these impacts can be found in:
o Our Environmental Impact Plan (see #127)
o The ongoing maintenance report (Please see item #1 in appendix).
o A monthly water control data report of the hotel and our employees’ water consumption completed by our maintenance staff (Please see items #2 and #4, respectively, in appendix).
o An analysis of the hotel and our employees’water consumption completed by management (Please see items #3 and #5, respectively, in the appendix)
o A monthly energy and diesel control data report of the hotel and our employees consumption completed by our maintenance staff (Please see item #6 in the appendix).
o An analysis of the hotel and our employees’consumption of energy and diesel completed by management (Please see item #7 in the appendix)
o A daily report filed by our forest guard (Please see item #8 in the appendix). This report is checked monthly by management. If these reports show that anything is happening to the surrounding environment, MINAE is contacted immediately.
o A periodic waste disposal control data report of the disposal of kitchen waste (#11),
housekeeping departments (#9) and final trash disposal (#13)
o An analysis of the disposal of our kitchen waste (#12), waste collected by the housekeeping department (#10) and final trash disposal (#14)
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- Lapa Rios has just begun to create its first report that discloses the calculation of its carbon footprint, including plans for mitigation and compensation. Lapa Rios hopes to eventually achieve the CNeutral certification given out by Costa Rica´s Committee on Climate Change, and was the first organization in all of Costa Rica to turn in a written report (#121) |
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1.2 Specific mitigation plans have been designed by the hotel to deal with negative environmental impact or accident (emergencies). Weight:
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- Yes, specific mitigation plans have been designed by the hotel to deal with negative environmental impacts. Our statement of purpose and vision statement all contain information with how Lapa Rios deals specifically with negative environmental impacts. This information is published in our guestbook (#16, pages 4-5, 33-42), in our Environmental Impact Plan (#127), as well as our sustainability plan (#15) |
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- In our sustainability manual in particular, we have included specific information about how to act in the case of an environmental impact and or emergency.(#87). In 2007, we submitted a denuncia to MINAE, as the local transportation company was cutting down trees (which is illegal in this zone). (#120) |
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- Lapa Rios drivers and staff remove any trees, branches and trash found along the Lapa Rios portion of the public road (#1, #46) |
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- There are 10 small, separate septic tanks that are monitored/cleaned routinely (#1). |
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- The kitchen drains have separate grease tanks—monitored with routine cleaning (#1). |
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- Lapa Rios cleans pubic road litter found along the 5-km. road passing through the area. Signs located along the road inform tourists and neighbors about this intent (#19). |
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- Lapa Rios has just begun to create its first report that discloses the calculation of its carbon footprint, including plans for mitigation and compensation. Lapa Rios hopes to eventually achieve the CNeutral certification given out by Costa Rica´s Committee on Climate Change, and was the first organization in all of Costa Rica to turn in a written report (#121) |
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1.3 The hotel continues to participate in programs for environmental improvement of its surrounding areas and/or other regions throughout the country. Weight. 2
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- Since 2004, Lapa Rios supports WOO – Women of the Osa, a non-profit organization working along with the Osa Campaign towards the conservation of the Osa. Katie Hennessy, F&B manager, is the chair person for WOO and Andrea Bonilla, part of the management company Cayuga Sustainable Hosspitality, is a member of the organization as well (#20) |
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- In December 2006, Women of the Osa opened up the first recycling collection center on the Osa Peninsula. This recycling center, in conjunction with a local conservation group based out of Puerto Jimenez (RANA) will be responsible for the collection of plastic, glass and aluminum cans. Lapa Rios continues to support this project by donating materials and offering ongoing support (#21). |
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- In 2003, Lapa Rios helped to rebuild and promote a locally run turtle project at the Piro Beach area. Up until today, guide-designed turtle tours fund the community’s effort and assist their involvement for the area’s conservation. The hotel encourages other local tourism projects to support the Piro Community (#22). Additionally, members of Friends of the Osa (a local nonprofit organization that runs the turtle project at Piro Beach) come to Lapa Rios to give presentations to both our staff and our guests about their ongoing projects (#22) |
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- Lapa Rios works with the Corcovado Foundation and yearly donates $8,200 for a forest guard’s salary since 2003. Lapa Rios promotes this idea within the Osa Peninsula and Costa Rica, challenging other projects to assist the National Park’s better management goal with 5 extra forest guards (#23). |
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- M.O.P.T. (Ministry of Transportation) and Lapa Rios have designed a “no-cut canopy roadway” in the Matapalo area. This movement was begun by Lapa Rios in 1993 and now has numerous neighbors helping preserve the forest canopy through controlled ‘low branch-only’ trimming. On August 9, 2007, MOPT began to cut open this canopy in an effort to repair road damage. Lapa Rios Ecolodge protested this action and formed a petition to ensure that the canopy was left undamaged (#120). |
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- Various signs have been placed around the area surrounding Lapa Rios to encourage both visitors and residents to clean up their trash (#19). Additionally, trash receptacles have been placed in various areas and our monitored periodically by Lapa Rios (#25). |
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- Recently, Lapa Rios has been sending a representative to meetings in Puerto Jimenez on how to combat the issue of the municipal landfill. Lapa Rios has suggested the implementation of a system to monitor and collect methane gas (#102) and plans to work on this issue during the next year (#15) |
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- Lapa Rios supports the Osa Sea Turtle Conservation Program by purchasing and selling bags created by local Costa Rican women in an effort to support community development and conservation (#110). |
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- In 2007, Lapa Rios made a substantial donation to CEDARENA to support its ongoing efforts (#124) |
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o In 2007, Lapa Rios hosted its second sustainability event, in which recycling receptacles were placed in the private homes of Puerto Jimenez and recycling pamphlets were handed out. The concept for this event was an idea of the employees (#115) |
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In 2007, Lapa Rios donated to the first ever Sea Turtle Festival in Rio Oro. This festival was held in order to enhance environmental education in the surrounding area (#128). |
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Model with organization: minimize truck use by including recently purchased vegetables, refilled soda/beer bottles, etc. in guest transfer vehicles. This practice models to guests and the community that trucks can be multi-functional in order to save diesel, create less exhaust, minimize road use, lower noise pollution, etc.
(Copy: transfer schedule/control) |
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| 1.4 The hotel is a member of regional or local organizations that work on solving environmental and social programs. Weight: 2 [ ] yes [ ] no. |
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| - Since 1993, Lapa Rios funds the Asociación de Educación de la Escuela Carbonera, thereby promoting and supporting basic and environmental education for local children and families (#26). Additionally, Lapa Rios supports its own policy called “El Programa Educativo” which supports the further education of its employees and has solicited the department of education to enhance education facilities on the Osa Peninsula(#78). |
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| - Since 2004, Lapa Rios supports WOO – Women of the Osa, a non-profit organization working along with the Osa Campaign the conservation of the Osa. Katie Hennessy, F&B manager is the chair person for WOO and Andrea Bonilla, part of the management company, is a member of the organization as well (#20). |
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| - Lapa Rios is member of The International Ecotourism Society and supports it on a yearly basis. Karen Lewis, one of the owners, is part of the Board of Directors of TIES (#28). |
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| - Lapa Rios actively takes part in Camara Nacional de Ecoturismo de Costa Rica /CANECO (#29). |
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| - Lapa Rios works and supports the Rainforest Alliance, distributing their pamphlets to guests. Lapa Rios recently received an award for its sustainability efforts from this organization in June 2007 (#30). |
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| - With assistance from the legal staff at CEDARENA in San José the 400 hectares Lapa Rios nature reserve is in the process of being placed in an easement with the Nature Conservancy (#31). Additionally, a donation was made recently (#124). |
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| - Lapa Rios hosts various non-profit organizations on Sunday night to discuss with our guests their work. Organizations have included: Friends of the Osa, Women of the Osa, ASCONA, Rainforest Alliance, RANA, etc. (See: Katie Hennessy, Ifigenia Garita, Ronald Sanabria, etc). See ASCONA presentation (#70). |
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| - Recently, Lapa Rios has been sending a representative to meetings in Puerto Jimenez on how to combat the issue of the municipal landfill. Lapa Rios has suggested the implementation of a system to monitor and collect methane gas (#102) and plans to work on this issue during the next year (#15) |
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| 2. Emissions and waste |
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2.1 The hotel strictly maintains and periodically registers the composition and quality of its residual water (treated wastewater). Weight: 1 [ ] yes [ ] no
- All wastewater is treated regularly in San Jose (#32) We also regularly clean septic tanks in order to assure that wastewater is treated properly (#34) |
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2.2 The hotel has a (treated) wastewater certification issued by the Department of Environmental Control in the Ministry of Health. . Weight: 2 [ ] yes [ ] no
- Yes, Lapa Rios maintains a wastewater certification issued by the Department of Environmental Control from the Ministry of Health (#33). |
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| 2.3 The hotel operates wastewater treatment to avoid discharging waste directly into the environment. Weight: 3 [ ] yes [ ] no |
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| - Black wastewater (toilets) passes to septic tanks then rock-lined drain fields. Gray (washing) water into rock-lined drain fields. |
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| - The disposal areas and septic tanks are checked monthly for leaks, improper draining, saturation, etc (#1). |
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| - Proper and periodic cleaning of the septic tanks is done to avoid saturation. The waste removal company presented the proper waste disposal permits (#34). |
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| - No wastewater goes into neighboring rivers or the ocean. |
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| - An environmentally-safe design covering drain/leach field was built in 2003 for the laundry area (See drainage fields) |
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| - Water leaving the kitchen and restaurant must pass through three grease traps before it is deposited in drainage fields (#100). |
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| 2.4 Wastewater is discharged without alteration to the environment. Weight: 1 [ ] yes [ ] no |
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| - If any saturation problems have been detected the drain fields have been closed and new areas constructed (#1). Additionally, water is tested in septic tank areas to make sure that it is of an appropriate quality to be released in drainage fields (32) |
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| 2.5 Residual water is appropriately re-utilized (recycled). Weight: 2 [ ] yes [ ] no [ ] NA |
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| - There is regular and frequent rain throughout the year in the Osa Peninsula rain forest. Capturing rain water and building a distribution system is non-applicable and an inefficient use of resources (#35). We plan, however, to investigate the possibility of implementing a system to reuse gray water. This plan is mentioned in our sustainability plan (#15) |
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| 2.6 Rainwater is managed and diverted through systems that do not alter the environment. Weight: 1 [ ] yes [ ] no [ ] n/a. |
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| - Over 20 large drainage ditches divert water, greatly reducing erosion problems (#1). |
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| - A new rainwater drainage was built under the guest deck to avoid further erosion. |
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| 2.7 Any source of emissions pollution in the surrounding area of the establishment is reported to government agencies. Weight: 2 [ ] yes [ ] no [ ] n/a |
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| - All employees are aware that a healthy environment is crucial to their job security. The forest guard, as well as any other employee active in and around the project, must report any source of emissions pollution into the monitored logbook. Information for reporting this information can be found in our employee manual (83) and the forest guard logbook (#8) |
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| 2.8 Warning signs are used to identify contaminated areas. Weight: 1 [ ] yes [ ] no [ ] n/a |
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| - Products that are contaminates and have not been fully used (paints, varnish, roof poison, etc.) are stored and sold to employees for their own personal use (repair of their own personal houses, etc). (See: Carlos Monge, Assistant Manager for more information) |
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| - In 2005, a new battery storage site was built with new materials to avoid contamination. The battery containment area has been sited with GPS and mapped with the international ‘toxic’ symbol on the Lapa Rios baseline (See battery site). |
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| 2.9 The hotel actively participates in the program “Ecological Blue Flag Program” for coastal zones. . Weight: 3 [ ] yes [ ] no [ ] n/a |
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| - Our past efforts to start up an Ecological Blue Flag Program have proven unsuccessful. In 2001, Lapa Rios began conversations with community members living near the beach about the need for the Ecological Blue Flag program. The Playa Dulce beach is still considered remote and inaccessible and after 6 years we still encounter intense resistance to participation, as neighbors feel added infrastructure or improvements to the beach area will only attract greater use. To introduce change (even pre-emptive) to an isolated wilderness beach without any community endorsement or assistance would potentially be hazardous to the community-hotel relationship. More time and conversations about preventative measures are required to shift attitudes and cooperation. |
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| - Recently, we began asking our neighbors if, again, they would be in favor of the Blue Flag Program. This time around, we have found mixed results. The majority of neighbors still do not want to be considered a ¨Blue Flag¨ destination. However, many have expressed interest in at least starting up a committee to maintain the beaches in the surrounding area (#38). This next year, we plan to start a committee to begin certification for the Blue Flag, or some other viable alternative (#15). |
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| - Lapa Rios installed a 55-gallon drum for trash at the nearby Matapalo bus stop. This trash is collected weekly, separated and distributed for routine recycling (#25). |
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| - In the past, Lapa Rios has hosted two beach clean ups with nearby schools. Lapa Rios has also participated in other environmental activities over the years, including beach clean ups and EARTH DAY as well (#24). |
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| - In nearby Puerto Jimenez, a small committee of committed volunteers has recently started a Bandera Azul committee for the beaches in Puerto Jimenez. Lapa Rios has committed to support upcoming projects and activities (#38) |
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| 3. Gardens |
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| 3.1 The garden area is primarily composed of local or indigenous plants. Weight: 2 [ ] yes [ ] no [ ] n/a |
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| - In 2004, all the gardens of the bungalows were renovated and are now composed of mostly native species plants found locally in the shade-covered Lapa Rios reserve. These transplanted native species plants have gradually replaced formerly planted sun-loving exotics. In 2006, Maria Elena Chinchilla, an expert in native planting was hired to remove the last remaining exotic species and turn Lapa Rios in a fully native garden. (#39). |
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| 3.2 The hotel does not allow non-native ornamental plants used in the gardens to disperse or impact the surrounding environment. Weight: 1 [ ] yes [ ] no [ ] n/a |
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| - Practically all plants in our gardens are native and do not impact the surrounding environment (#39). |
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| 3.3 Common tree species are properly identified with both its local and scientific name. Weight: 1 [ ] yes [ ] no [ ] n/a |
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| - Yes. More than 40 different native species plants have been scientifically labeled with wooden tags. An informational booklet is also available for guests to learn more about these plans (#40). |
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| 3.4 A written and illustrated brief guide to the garden species is available for guest education. Weight: 1 [ ] yes [ ] no [ ] n/a |
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| - Yes. More than 40 different endemic species plants have been scientifically identified and illustrated (#40). |
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| - The guests are provided with a self-guided tour book when walking on their own on a short trail near the main lodge which points out a number of different garden species (#37). |
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| - A glossary of Central American edible native plants precedes The Lapa Rios Story, a cookbook published about Lapa Rios that is available for guests to read in the library or purchase in our giftshop (#41). |
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| - The medicine tour provides guests with an informational CD to identify various local medicinal rain forest plants (#36). |
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| 3.5 Natural techniques are used in garden maintenance to avoid the use of chemical fertilizers, herbicides or fungicides. Weight: 2 [ ] yes [ ] no |
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| - Dead leaves and plant cuttings overlay the plants’ roots, a locally sound practice that provides natural fertilizer as well as help in protecting the plant’s roots from drying during the hot summer months; it eliminates the need for frequent watering. |
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| - All fruit and vegetable peelings from the hotel and staff kitchens that our pigs cannot eat are deposited in compost for soil production. This composted soil is used for planting new plants as well as garden dressing to existing materials. |
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| 4. Natural areas |
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| 4.1 The hotel encourages guests to visit the national parks and protected areas.. Weight: 1 [ ] yes [ ] no |
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| - Guests may choose to take a hiking tour to Corcovado National Park or a boat tour up the Rio Esquinas contiguous to the Piedras Blancas National Park. Tours to Caño Island are offered upon request. Please see our guestbook (#16, pages 11-20). |
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| - Guests may choose to take a tour to Cana Blanca Santuario Silvestre where the money collected for the tour goes to the ongoing support of this wildlife sanctuary. Please see our guestbook (#16, pages 11-20). |
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| - The Lapa Rios Ecolodge and Reserve protects an area of more than 400 hectares of lowland Pacific rain forest. The private reserve is only accessible to registered guests. Guests generally take 3 reserve hikes during their visit to Lapa Rio; a part of each tour cost maintains the reserve. |
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- There are numerous guidebooks to assist guests with other choices while in Costa Rica. Staff guides, management and receptionists offer tour suggestions. Because the Ecolodge is intentionally small most guests talk among themselves, sharing relevant information.
(See: library table)
(See: Costa Rican guidebooks and natural history books) |
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| 4.2 The hotel keeps detailed information about national preserved areas for its guest. Weight: 1 [ ] yes [ ] no |
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| - The Corcovado and Rio Esquinas experience is described in the tour books and front desk staff also provide an explanation of what the visitors experience. Please see our guestbook (#16, pages 11-20) |
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| - Most guests have pre-set itineraries but staff has been trained to teach and use Lapa Rios-owned guidebooks with guests, recommending other parks and hotels to visit. Commonly discussed areas: Monteverde, Arenal, and Tortuguero. |
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- Several Costa Rican national parks photo books have been purchased for guest use, and are offered for sale.
(See: library table)
(See: gift shop)
(See: Costa Rican guidebooks and natural history books)
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| 4.3 The hotel knows and complies with the national principles for activities within natural area. It informs the clients about such regulations. Weight: 2 [ ] yes [ ] no |
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| - The welcome booklet for guests includes our general conservation principles and guidelines on how to preserve the natural surroundings (#42). |
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| - Our conservation principles are printed in our guestbook (#16). Additionally, orientations when guests first arrive educate guests about our rules and regulations (#44) |
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| - Guides have a training manual to assist with sound environmental practices, both for guide behavior and the Lapa Rios guests (#43). |
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| - Guest written and oral information includes simple hiking practices designed to aid conservation with personal safety issues. See “preparing for your tour” in our guestbook (#16) and our welcome booklet (#42). |
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| - All the nature trail railings were renovated and new ones built, especially in the high-risk areas. Forest guard and trail maintenance staff continuously build steps and trail railings only in high-risk areas. Only fallen materials or regenerating forest “palitos” are used. Erosion control is maintained routinely. |
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| - Information relating to CITES is published in the guestbook (#16, pages 25-28) and our employee sustainability manual (#87). |
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| 4.4 The hotel owns a natural reserve area. Weight: 2 [ ] yes [ ] no |
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| - Yes, over 400 hectares, to be used exclusively by registered guests (#31) |
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| 4.5 The hotel’s protected area is properly managed. Weight: 1 [ ] yes [ ] no |
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| - The hotel uses less than 1% of the property titled to Lapa Rios. All activities within the reserve use a small portion of the land available. |
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| - The guest receives a verbal invitation to enjoy hiking the reserve with guides who will educate them about the flora and fauna of the Osa Peninsula. Hikes are geared to different interests and ability and rotated daily to avoid trail abuse and interruption (#44). |
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| - Guests receive a map of the Lapa Rios site, highlighting only the self-guided trail. To maintain the reserve guests must hike with guides on the unmarked, longer trails. This information is available in both our welcome booklet (#42) and our guestbooks (#16, pages 11-12). |
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| - Few trails have been cut into the huge reserve. The remaining land is dedicated to wilderness protection, never to be used, in perpetuity. This information is layed out in our conservation easement (#31). |
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| - Only a limited number of people are permitted daily on the trails. Each tour has a maximum of 6-8 people: some tours are daily, others use trails on alternating days. Maximum number of guests hiking the 1,000-acre reserve is less than 30 per day. Please see our daily sign up sheet (#45). |
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| - Neither non-registered guests nor outside guides are permitted to use the reserve without management agreement. This plan promotes conservation by limiting the number of trails and hikers, insures ongoing payment for maintenance and controls/protects the number of hikers potentially lost. |
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| - CEDARENA, with The Nature Conservancy, designed a conservation easement to protect the reserve in perpetuity. Future land use will be limited to registered Lapa Rios guests. The Reserve will be monitored 4-times yearly by CEDARENA for environmental and ecotourism practices (#31). |
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| - A daily report filed by our forest guard (#8). This report is checked monthly by management. If these reports show that anything is happening to the surrounding environment, MINAE is contacted immediately. Additionally, employees are encouraged to call authorities if they see anything illegal on the Lapa Rios grounds (87) |
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| 4.6 The hotel participates in or supports the maintenance or management of a natural protected area (private or public). Weight: 1 [ ] yes [ ] no |
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| - The conservation of the 1,000-acre private reserve is part of the project’s mission, a principle reason motivating a guests’ visit (#31). |
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| - Since 2003 Lapa Rios has donated yearly $8,200 for the addition of a full time forest guard in Corcovado National Park (#23). |
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| - Ongoing scheduled Lapa Rios tours to the Piro Beach turtle project help maintain a pristine regional conservation area run by a local community (#22). |
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| - In 2005, Lapa Rios donated their two old generators, after a full tune up and with extra spare parts, to Corcovado National Park (#88). |
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| 5. Protection of flora and fauna |
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| 5.1 The hotel actively promotes and enforces non-extraction of plants or wildlife by tourists, staff or neighbors. Weight: 1 [ ] yes [ ] no |
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| - No plant or animal species are harvested for transplant or sale to other areas from the Reserve. This no harvest-no collect policy removes temptation by staff or visitors to extricate flora or fauna for either duplication or profit elsewhere. Please see our employee rules (#46). |
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| - There is a written warning regarding non-extraction of plants, animals or any naturally-found material. This policy is listed in the room information booklet. Guides also reinforce this practice during hikes. (#16, pages 11-12, 25-28). |
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| - The law of CITES is clearly defined and explained in our employee sustainability manual (#87) and in our guestbook (#16, 25-28) |
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| - Forest guards and/or management though reports (#8) and one-on-one contact advise neighbors about the no hunt-no harvest natural materials in the reserve. Personal contact works better than signs; community members know their cooperation keeps jobs in the area and the intact, diverse forest guarantee visitors. |
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| 5.2 The hotel demonstrates its resolve to prevent commercialization of natural products (animal, plant or their products) forbidden by local law. Weight: 2 [ ] yes [ ] no |
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| - Any staff member caught poaching, hunting or selling products from the reserve would be fired immediately. The employee rules contain this guideline (#46). In 2004, one employee (Rafael Leiton) was fired immediately for taking home a wild turkey from our private reserve. |
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| - Information about CITIES is published both in our employee sustainability manuals (#87) and in our guestbooks (#16, pages 25-28) |
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Lapa Rios only buys natural products that have registered and paid permits—for both harvesting and transporting.
(Copy: suiita permit) |
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| 5.3 No wildlife species are kept captive or artificially fed. Weight: 1 [ ] yes [ ] no. |
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| - No. No bird or animal feeding stations are used. Employees are reminded routinely to resist unknowing-guest encouragement to feed animals. This information is layed out in our employee rules (#46) |
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| 5.4 The hotel has developed activities to avoid the artificial feeding (direct or indirect) of native wildlife. Weight: 1 [ ] yes [ ] no. |
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| - There are numerous endemic native plants (heliconias, secondary ever-flowering trees, etc.), purposefully planted near the facilities to provide feeding areas for birds, butterflies and animals. |
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| - All employees know that feeding wild animals would lead to suspension or loss or employment. This is clearly layed out in our employee rules (#46). |
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| - In 2004 a big recycling center was built, where pigs were introduced for the composting of organic food, and where the rest of the organic food is built into composting material. All foods and food waste is stored properly making access for wildlife impossible. |
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| 5.5 The hotel’s external illumination system does not produce alterations on the natural environment or changes on wildlife behavior. Weight: 1 [ ] yes [ ] no |
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| - Energy-saving bulbs illuminate the pathways and front of the cabins, bringing more insects and those things that feed on them. |
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| - Human-introduced changes to the environment impact the wilderness; whether it is detrimental or positive depends on interpretation. Path lights have attracted greater amounts of insects thereby impacting change by attracting more nocturnal wildlife to the developed areas. Most guests find the increased presence of these reptiles, birds and animals a curiosity and the entomological disturbance a good impact favoring their experience. |
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| 5.6 The hotel’s sources of noise are appropriately away or isolated from sites to prevent alterations to the environment. Weight: 1 [ ] yes [ ] no |
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| - The generator is 700 meters from the public buildings, isolating most of the noise pollution from most of the guests. However, a study conducted in April 2007 shows that its level of noise is slightly higher than in should be (#125). While this level is very minimal, we plan to take action. By next year, suggestions proposed by Alfa Ingenieria y Consultoria will be undertaken to make sure that this noise is minimized. |
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| - There is no music played in the Ecolodge and no telephone-fax service interrupts guests with ringing bells. |
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