The Osa Peninsula, Costa Rica, is estimated to contain 2.5% of the world’s biodiversity. Biologically speaking, this region represents one of the largest opportunities to have a dramatic effect on ecological conservation and preservation. We are focused on restoring vitality and balance to this bioregion through ecosystem restoration, turtle and other wildlife conservation, regenerative agriculture, holistic grazing, and exotic hardwood forestry. One Small Planet is stewarding 2,500 acres of primary rainforest located in the Osa Peninsula, Costa Rica.
Grasslands are one of the most effective, long-term forms of carbon sequestration. While ⅓ of the earth’s land surface was originally grassland, 70% of it has been degraded or desertified.
By restoring desertified grasslands, we can remove carbon from the atmosphere and secure it deep underground, reduce excessive heat, improve water retention, and stabilize and regenerate topsoil. In turn, this will create resiliency to withstand and mitigate the effects of climate change. One Small Planet is restoring 2,740 acres of cropland located in Western Kansas to native grassland.
Meet our Network of Land Stewards
Carlos Martínez Morales
Carlos comes from a multigenerational farming family. After completing primary and high school, he chose not to finish university because he preferred working a ranch near his family. After coming to Osa 12 years ago, he met his wife and made a beautiful family. Carlos loves nothing more than stewarding Land and Life at Rio Oro and actively evolves his methodology with emerging and traditional science and practices.
Joshua Muñoz-Jiménez
Joshua is a passionate regenerative farmer and holistic systems designer. Equipped with ten years of serious farming experience he has greatly improved, designed, built, and managed farms and ranches to success. He is focused on how our mindscape affects external landscapes. How when we operate from a mindset of regeneration or extraction our environment shifts accordingly. He believes that land is an expression of context, which includes everything from geology and water flow over millennia, to interaction with local communities, to the desires and wishes its stewards have for the future. Joshua is currently the Earth Steward for OSP's project in the Osa Peninsula, keenly inhabiting the context of the land in order to steward the holistic design for its future.
