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Palm fruit for collection from road, with palm worker on bicycle, Savegre River, San Jose, Costa Rica. Palm workers cut the fruit by hand using long poles with knives at the end, for collection by truck at a later stage. The rural industry of palm oil production has taken over thousands of acres of land and become a mainstay of Costa Rican export. Costa Rica shows little evidence of its colonial history but abounds in shimmering vibrant colours and diversity of plant and animal species within its varied landscapes of coastal territory and tropical rainforest that hosts migration from north America and south America to give it unparalleled variety.