Costa Rica trip

[Mike Soukup]

I just called him (Miguel Chumpitasi) just today.  He's in Peru till Jan 20 and it
takes several months to get permits.
 
John Shuey wrote:
 
> In every issue of the News of the Lepidopterists Society, there's an add form a
> Costa Rican who says he can get collecting permits for people.  I don't have this
> stuff at work, but maybe someone can look up that info and pass it on.
>
> John
>
> woody.woods at umb.edu wrote:
>
> > This may not be what you hoped to hear, but if you are not collecting for
> > documentable research purposes, I think you may find that you can't get such
> > permits. I went through the process a couple of years ago with the help of OTS
> > (Organization for Tropical Studies), of which my university is a member, and
> > had to provide a detailed account of planned research and much other
> > information in Spanish-- and this was only for the collecting permit, and
> > didn't cover permission from landowners or reserve directors. The export
> > permit is another matter altogether, and requires that you have a collaborator
> > attached to the University of Costa Rica and be willing to donate duplicate
> > specimens to their natural history museum. Endemic species cannot, as I
> > remember, be exported in any case.
> >
> > This may be disappointing, but on the other hand Costa Rica's relatively
> > strong wildlife conservation policies are one reason the place is so worth
> > visiting! Bring back pictures instead!
> >
> > Woody
> >
> > Deedra Hovey wrote:
> > >
> > > Hi all,
> > >
> > > I am (hopefully) going to Costa Rica in a couple of months. I was wondering
> > > if is possible to get permits for collecting for a personal collection and
> > > from whom do I apply to.
> > >  (actually I want to collect beetles and frogs).
> > > thanks
> > >
> > > ken hovey
> > > hovey at earthlink.net
> > >
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