Monteverde Institute

At the Monteverde Institute, we had the chance to participate in a service project were we filled plastic bags with soil which will later have seeds planted in them to grow trees. One of the main things that Monteverde focuses on is community based conservation. There are more species of trees in Monteverde than there are in the United States, and the Monteverde Institute is trying to restore a lot of the forest that has been lost over the past 50 years. The Monteverde Institute gives away free trees throughout rainy season to the local community. They collect seeds from the forest and germinate them at the institute.