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Neenah Paper Takes Part in Costa Rica
Reforestation Project
Neenah Paper announced that it has partnered
with Friends of the Osa and the Natural
Resources Foundation of Wisconsin to help
reforest a conservation property in Costa
Rica's Osa Peninsula, one of the most
biologically diverse regions in the world.
The reforestation project is designed to
remove carbon from the atmosphere, protect
and restore viable plant and animal
habitats, create a new habitat for
endangered wildlife and restore land
degraded by deforestation.
"Partnering with Friends of the Osa and the
Natural Resources Foundation of Wisconsin is
exciting because together we will have a
direct impact not only on the Costa Rican
rainforest, but on some of the world's
threatened and endangered species," said
Rodger Ferguson, director of environmental
services at Neenah Paper.
According to Neenah, the conservation
property, an extensive 1,500 acres in the
southeastern portion of the Golfo Dulce
Forest Reserve, is located in Costa Rica's
Osa Peninsula. It harbors the last remaining
old growth rainforest on the western flank
of Central America and is one of the most
biologically diverse regions in the world.
Sandwiched between encroaching development
and deforested land, the Osa Peninsula is
widely acknowledged as a global conservation
priority by conservation organizations such
as the Nature Conservancy and Conservation
International.
"The Osa Project was particularly appealing
because it is the migratory home of 54
native Wisconsin species of birds, 18 of
which are state conservation priorities and
three of which are listed as threatened.
Wisconsin is home to our fine papers mills
and is a large part of Neenah Paper's
heritage," said Ferguson. "It just makes
sense to be one of the founding partners in
this project."
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