We

We are the Forever Costa Rica Association, a private non-governmental organization, created in 2010 as the second PFP in the world, a model of financing projects for permanence (PFP). (PFP).

We were born under a public-private partnership to support the country in meeting the goals of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) of the United of the United Nations.

Our mission is to leverage partnerships and manage resources for biodiversity conservation and human well-being.

We are dedicated to managing, investing and mobilize resources from governments, international organizations and private foundations that seek to conserve biodiversity.

We manage funds providing technical follow-up to projects, executing projects and building long-term planning instruments, together with multiple partners, to guarantee the sustainability of our actions.

We work throughout Costa Rica through our Protected Areas Program. Protected Areas Program and the Green and Blue Economy Program.

In addition, we are part of international initiatives such as the PACIFICO Foundation such as the PACIFICO Foundation, where we collaborate for the conservation of biodiversity in the Eastern Tropical Pacific Ocean; and the Latin American and Caribbean Network of Environmental Funds (RedLAC).

Our team is multidisciplinarytrained and committed. We believe in working in alliances with various sectors.

We are looking for innovative innovative ideas to meet ambitious national and international biodiversity conservation and climate change biodiversity conservation and climate change adaptation.

Achievements 2022

Learn about the results of our work with our partners in biodiversity conservation and human well-being.

2022-2026

Mission

Enhance partnerships and resource management for biodiversity conservation and human well-being.

Vision

To be a key agent in promoting a Costa Rica where humans thrive in harmony with nature.

Values

  • Innovation
  • Transparency
  • Quality
  • Respect

Strategic axes

Biodiversity and climate change

Implementation of innovative, inclusive and diversified strategies to support the fulfillment of national and international goals that contribute to biodiversity conservation, climate change adaptation and mitigation, and sustainable development.

Alliances

Development of strategies that strengthen and expand partnerships to optimize compliance with the 2030 goals for biodiversity conservation, climate change and sustainable development.

Finance and operations

Diversification and increase of financial resources for the sustainability of biodiversity conservation, climate change and sustainable development efforts; aiming at a financial management that guarantees the value, maintenance and increase of these resources.

Organizational capacity

Development and empowerment of organizational capabilities and human talent to increase team efficiency and motivation.

Fund administration services

We execute projects

Perfiles de proyecto

Por Área de Conservación (AC)

Área de Conservación Guanacaste

FI-XIV-2026-01 Continuidad del monitoreo de la integridad ecológica de la playa de anidación de tortugas marinas y plan estratégico para la erradicación de ratas (Rattus rattus y Rattus norvegicus) en isla San José, Parque Nacional Santa Rosa 

Área de Conservación La Amistad Caribe

FI-XIV-2026-02 Elaboración del Plan
Específico de Monitoreo de Integridad
Ecológica e Implementación de los
Protocolos seleccionados para las áreas
Marino-Costeras del ACLAC

Área de Conservación Pacífico

FI-XIV-2026-03 Monitoreo de Integridad Ecológica Marina en las Áreas Silvestres
Protegidas Manuel Antonio, Isla San Lucas, Refugio Nacional Vida Silvestre Playa Hermosa Punta Mala, y la actualización de dos Planes específicos de Adaptación у Mitigación al Cambio Climático

Área de Conservación Tempisque

FI-XIV-2026-04 Actualización de Planes
Generales de Manejo de cuatro áreas
silvestres protegidas del Área de
Conservación Tempisque (ACT)

Área de Conservación Tortuguero

FI-XIV-2026-05 Implementación del Plan de Manejo del Recurso Pesquero en Aguas Continentales del Refugio Nacional de Vida Silvestre Mixto Barra del Colorado

Área de Conservación OSA

FI-XIV-2026-06 Restauración de comunidades coralinas en el Área de Conservación Osa (ACOSA)