{"id":73839,"date":"2018-12-05T05:03:45","date_gmt":"2018-12-05T05:03:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/globalparkfz.com\/costa-rica\/"},"modified":"2019-01-06T16:35:28","modified_gmt":"2019-01-06T16:35:28","slug":"costa-rica","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/globalparkfz.com\/en\/costa-rica\/","title":{"rendered":"Costa Rica"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row row_height_percent=&#8221;0&#8243; override_padding=&#8221;yes&#8221; h_padding=&#8221;2&#8243; top_padding=&#8221;0&#8243; bottom_padding=&#8221;0&#8243; back_color=&#8221;color-949314&#8243; overlay_alpha=&#8221;50&#8243; gutter_size=&#8221;3&#8243; column_width_percent=&#8221;100&#8243; shift_y=&#8221;0&#8243; z_index=&#8221;0&#8243;][vc_column column_width_percent=&#8221;100&#8243; override_padding=&#8221;yes&#8221; column_padding=&#8221;2&#8243; overlay_alpha=&#8221;50&#8243; gutter_size=&#8221;0&#8243; medium_width=&#8221;0&#8243; mobile_width=&#8221;0&#8243; shift_x=&#8221;0&#8243; 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position_vertical=&#8221;middle&#8221; override_padding=&#8221;yes&#8221; column_padding=&#8221;2&#8243; style=&#8221;dark&#8221; gutter_size=&#8221;2&#8243; overlay_alpha=&#8221;50&#8243; medium_width=&#8221;4&#8243; align_mobile=&#8221;align_center_mobile&#8221; mobile_width=&#8221;0&#8243; shift_x=&#8221;0&#8243; shift_y=&#8221;0&#8243; shift_y_down=&#8221;0&#8243; z_index=&#8221;0&#8243; width=&#8221;7\/12&#8243;][vc_custom_heading heading_semantic=&#8221;h4&#8243; text_size=&#8221;h4&#8243; text_weight=&#8221;300&#8243; text_color=&#8221;color-xsdn&#8221; separator=&#8221;yes&#8221; separator_color=&#8221;yes&#8221; sub_reduced=&#8221;yes&#8221;]Area[\/vc_custom_heading][vc_column_text]51,000 km2. We host 5% of the world&#8217;s biodiversity, with only 0.03% of the planet&#8217;s surface. 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