Cards (7)

  • People have migrated into the area looking for jobs. This is placing pressure on the local infrastructure such as dirt roads.
  • Atmosphere has negatively changed away from traditional local community to a busy tourist centre.
  • Tourists are demanding more and more facilities and greater luxury. These facilities can use more electricity,
  • Hotels in the Monteverde Cloud Forest have caused an increase in waste
  • Vehicles carrying tourists add to air and noise pollution
  • Monkeys are starting to rely on being fed by tourists, affecting the food chain
  • Traditional dairy farmers in Monteverde have struggled to buy land with increasing land prices