LONDON, England (CNN) — Climate change is happening faster than previously predicted according to a new World Wildlife Fund report. Bringing together some of the most recent scientific reports and data, “Climate change: faster, stronger, sooner” reveals that global warming is accelerating more rapidly than the predictions made in the IPCC’s Fourth Assessment Report published [...]
The Costa Rican banana industry is the first banana industry in the world to put in place a coherent and holistic environmental strategy in order to offset its carbon dioxide emissions. Corbana, the Costa Rican banana producers’ association, has recently submitted to Costa Rica’s Ministry of Environment and Energy the ‘Banana Industry Action Plan against [...]
(Infocom) — Experts in the conservation and utilization of phyto-genetic (plant) resources for agriculture and food (RFAA) met last Nov. 5 in Costa Rica, at an event where Agriculture Vice Minister Carlos Villalobos Arias presented the Second National Report on the State of Phyto-genetic Resources to the representative for Costa Rica of the United Nations [...]
Today NatureAir, the world’s first certified carbon neutral airline, announced the official launch of its Nature Blog. The blog was created to help educate readers on sustainable travel and keep people informed and involved in Costa Rica as an ecotourist destination. Nature Blog provides an educational outlet for people to share and exchange information on [...]
(Tribune Media Services) — The beach is pitch black, except for the light from the stars dancing across the sky. The ocean waves pound. And right in front of us, a huge (more than 300 pounds and three feet long) green sea turtle methodically drops her eggs into a nest she’s dug deep in the [...]
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