The populations of the Squirrel Monkey (Mono Titi), White Face Monkeys (Mono Carablanca) and Howler Monkeys (Mono Congo). Mono Titi in Costa Rica (Saimiri oerstedii), in the Manuel Antonio area have become fragmented and more isolated with the combination of intense agricultural development in the area over the past half century as well as more recent tourism development in the area immediately surrounding the Manuel Antonio National Park. Both of these economic activities are extremely important in the area and the need to find sustainable solutions that allow their continued coexistence with the still vibrant natural communities living here must be found.
Effects of habitat fragmentation
Tourism, Costa Rica’s major economic driver is especially dependent on the natural environment and flagship species such as the Mono Titi. Despite sincere desires throughout a broad spectrum of society here, including government officials, tourism organizations and operators as well as local people and tourists, to successfully conserve the natural environment they not only depend on economically but connect with personally, achieving conservation goals is often difficult as competing interests clash. Among various factors causing this inefficient system of promoting growth and protecting the environment, the lack of useful and well-focused scientific information is major limiting factor.
Effects of habitat fragmentation
