* More than 300 hectares of these real estate projects are protected forest.

In 2002, when the Ventana del Pacífico company bought 677 hectares of pasturelands in Chontales de Osa they barely had a 23% forest cover.

By 2022 the forest cover on these properties has reached 50%. In a period of 20 years, VDP has managed to increase the amount of land covered by forests by 100%.

This significant change is reported in a soil study conducted by Forestry Engineer Leonardo Espinosa, comparing the official forest cover maps Inbio 2000, Fonafifo 2005, Digital Atlas of 2022 and Google Earth satellite photos, shown below.

“This is great news! It is the result of 20 years of our company’s sound environmental practices, compliance with environmental legislation and intentional effort”, explained Jean Marc Levesque, General Manager of VDP.

“When we acquired the properties, 77% of the land had been cleared for various uses. We have recovered almost 200 hectares for forest and green area – 339 hectares of protected forest cover in Chontales de Osa”, he added.