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Honduras and Costa Rica Propose Protections for Hammerheads

TCRN STAFF — Sun, 13 May 2012 17:59:54 +0000

Fish News EU - The governments of Honduras and Costa Rica have today proposed protections for scalloped hammerhead sharks under the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES). According to the Pew Environment Group, who have praised the initiative, CITES is widely considered one of the best-enforced international conservation agreements. [...]

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Recycling in Costa Rica

TCRN STAFF — Sun, 13 May 2012 17:59:20 +0000

Costa Rica, known for its biodiversity, national parks, and thriving eco-tourism, has a severe municipal solid waste management (MSWM) problem that threatens the health of local communities, destroying a fragile ecosystem whose well-being is of critical to those who live and visit there, as well as to the planet. Starting in 2009 when I visited [...]

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80 Costa Rican Beaches Received Ecological Blue Flag

David Gomez — Sun, 15 Apr 2012 17:59:05 +0000

A total of 80 beaches from all over the country received the ecological blue flag award during the 16th ceremony of the Ecological Blue Flag Program (PBAE), which took place last March 28th at the Double Tree Hotel in Puntarenas. For the first time, the Costa Rican Institute of Tourism (ICT) decided to hold an [...]

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Sloth Sanctuary Thrives in Costa Rica

TCRN STAFF — Wed, 11 Apr 2012 17:59:13 +0000

Just off the coast of Costa Rica’s picturesque Caribbean sea and nestled in the Cahuita National Park lies an animal sanctuary dedicated to protecting the much-maligned sloth. The site is a popular attraction for swarms of tourists keen to catch a glimpse of the curious-looking mammals. Volunteers at the refuge work around the clock to [...]

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Sloth Photobombs Students in Woodlands of Costa Rica

TCRN STAFF — Sun, 01 Apr 2012 17:59:13 +0000

This critter was ready for its closeup! A sloth with impeccable timing poked its head directly in front of a camera lens as the device snapped an image, creating what may be the world’s cutest “photobomb.” “Photobomb” is the word used to describe a photograph in which someone – or something – unexpectedly jumps into [...]

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Investing in Latin America’s Green Energy Growth Market

Michael — Sun, 11 Mar 2012 17:59:07 +0000

Biofuels is on the rise… again. The first time some painful lessons were learned for fast-in investors. This time the focus is on second generation biofuels and Central America. First generation: Why so bad? Some of it´s obvious and has been covered before: using petroleum-based fertilizer to grow corn, which is sprayed with petroleum-based pesticides [...]

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Help Preserve Endangered Turtle Eggs in Costa Rica

TCRN STAFF — Sun, 04 Mar 2012 17:59:22 +0000

Among tropical rainforest countries, Costa Rica has one of the most ambitious turtle conservation programs, but there is always a shortage of volunteers to assist in the fight against turtle egg poaching. BikeHike Adventures (www.bikehike.com) offers eco-conscious travellers a chance to help researchers gather and relocate endangered turtle eggs to protect them. April and May [...]

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Moveover, Meercats! Lazy? Sloths are a lot Livelier Than you Think

TCRN STAFF — Sun, 26 Feb 2012 17:59:47 +0000

There’s an upside-down world in a sleepy corner of Costa Rica, Central America, where laziness is a virtue, not a sin: a sanctuary – the only one in the world – devoted to saving orphaned and injured sloths. For the past year I’ve been making a documentary about the residents of this idle idyll for Animal Planet. But far from being a somnolent sort of [...]

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The Joy of Learning Local Names for Costa Rican Wildlife

Frank Izaguirre — Sun, 26 Feb 2012 17:59:25 +0000

An exciting challenge awaiting all Costa Rican visitors and transplants is learning the names of the flora and fauna of their adopted country. The difference between kinkajous and olingos, antbirds and antthrushes, lowland and highland life zones – Costa Rica is a country with an inexhaustible supply of interesting natural history for the eager student. [...]

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For Junior Zookeepers, Costa Rica Trip Provides Glimpse of the Real Thing

TCRN STAFF — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 17:59:52 +0000

Costa Rica – (AP) — The simulated rainforest at Miller Park Zoo is fun to visit, but nothing beats the real thing. Once every two years, zoo education specialist Shannon Reedy leads about a dozen high-school-aged members of the wildly popular junior zookeeper program to the rainforest of Costa Rica. The latest group visited the [...]

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Environmental Tourism in Costa Rica

Costa Rica Turtle Watching

TCRN STAFF — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 17:59:02 +0000

The nesting of sea turtles is one of nature’s most amazing spectacles. Green Turtles nest along the beaches of Tortuguero National Park from July to October. The Leatherback Turtle is without a doubt the most important attraction at the Marino Las Baulas National Park, in fact this specie was the main reason for the creation [...]

Costa Rica Valentines Gifts – Plant a Tree or Pura Vida Bracelets

TCRN STAFF — Sun, 12 Feb 2012 17:59:45 +0000

Going green just took a giant leap into Valentine’s Day. You can not only promote saving the environment you can tell the one you love you did it for him or her. Although it may not seem like much we can only get these trees planted one at a time and each one really does [...]

Costa Rica Frog Watching

TCRN STAFF — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 17:59:53 +0000

Keep your eyes open in Costa Rica , and you may be a lucky witness of the amphibian’s family, especially the amazing world of frogs. For a few weeks avery April, thousands of Monteverde’s goleen toads emerged to gather around pools of water in the cloud forests to mate. Painted a spectacular shining orange, a [...]

The Minister of Agriculture in Mission to Costa Rica

TCRN STAFF — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 17:59:45 +0000

The Minister of Agriculture of Haiti, Docteur Hébert, at the invitation of Dr. Victor Villalobos, Director General of the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture “IICA” went to San Jose, Costa Rica. During his visit of two days, the Haitian Minister met with his Gloria Abraham Peralta, the Minister of Agriculture and Livestock, and solicit [...]

Rain Forest, Beach and Wildlife make Costa Rica a Natural Paradise

TCRN STAFF — Sun, 22 Jan 2012 17:00:44 +0000

PUERTO VIEJO DE SARAPIQUÍ, Costa Rica — Something crashed into the water off to one side of our narrow, flat-bottomed boat on the swirling Sarapiquí River. It was a big tree limb that had broken under the weight of two huge green iguanas. The iguanas were now stroking for shore in the creamy, coffee-colored water. [...]