Justice for Nature's main focus is on the protection of the biosphere and ecosystems in Costa Rica, a Central American country which shores are surrounded by both the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.  It is a small country, but it plays a vital ecological role in the world's ecosystem, particularly in terms of its flora and fauna.
The organization's projects focus on rainforest conservation, wildlife monitoring, supporting educational programs for children in Czech and Slovak schools, anti-poaching efforts in and around Tapantí National Park, and promoting clean beaches in Santa Elena Bay, along with many other initiatives.

At the beginning of this year (February/March 2025), I got the opportunity and honour to personally participate in a volunteer programme with Justice for Nature and see the great activities and efforts of the organisation first hand. As the phrase says: "What the eyes don't see, the heart doesn't hurt"... to a certain extent it is true. I feel that even though the threats of global warming and the "plundering" of nature and natural resources are commonly talked about, we are confronted with reality in a very different way when we see everything with our own eyes. Years ago, I witnessed how the Amazon rainforest in Pucallpa, Peru, is being cut down on a large scale for business interests and wood resources. I have seen how nature is being plundered for mineral wealth in Potosí, Bolivia, where people are losing their lives and children their childhoods, educational opportunities because of exploitation of manual labour. Many natural lagoons located 4 000 metres above sea level are being closedand used for lithium and copper mining in the Atacama Desert of Chile.  Humans keep claiming and taking more and more. This really opened my eyes in Costa Rica... 

In both parts of the volunteer program in Costa Rica (Green Life, Blue Life) it was possible to see how people caused irreversible damage to nature. A common part of the program is helping to map poaching activity, where wild animals (rhinos, tapirs, ocelots and many other) are hunted in the depths of the rainforest as a curiosity for the tables of pampered tourists in restaurants. The beaches are littered with plastic and garbage from nearby ports. These plastics and microplastics then enter the bodies of fish, large and small, as well as the oceans, polluting their biodiversity and natural ecosystems. In just a few hours of collecting on one beach we collected 122kg of waste with 8 people. During our mapping of the poaching activities, we lost 3 photo traps, but at the same time captured the faces of the poachers involved in the illegal activities.... All of these activities require a great deal of time, energy and commitment, and therefore we need to support the programs activities financially or by volunteering and donating our time. Personally, I see it as a necessity to help and support the protection of natural resources and their preservation or restoration.

said Milan Jeglik of Justice for Nature

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Every individual can help, let's support nature, which gives to us all the time and without its existence we cannot function. We are part of it.
Learn more about the organization itself here: JUSTICE FOR NATURE: NGO PROTECTS WILDLIFE AND ECOSYSTEMS