TICO TIMES
SIERPE, Puntarenas — Costa Rica’s southwest is home to one of the biggest mangrove reserves in Central America.
The Térraba-Sierpe National Wetlands house thousands of acres of mangroves that are a vital ecological resource — they protect from storms, help maintain water quality and keep carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere.
The mangroves also provide an economic benefit to the region. They’re home to piangua — a mollusk used in ceviche — and are a
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