The in-situ condition of forest species in danger of extinction in Costa Rica was studied, in order to contribute to their recovery and survival, for the benefit of forest ecosystems and society
At the ASADA de Horquetas of Sarapiquí, the Ministry of Health and the municipality set up a team to sow a complete plot of yellow almond trees, whose fruit is the preferred food of the endangered green macaw.
This action...
The use of herbicides with glyphosate presents antagonistic positions. On the one hand, the marketing companies make a defense of the product; on the other hand, the environmentalists attack it.
The Ombudsman's Office consulted the Ministry of Health on the...
Television channel France 2 issued a report on June 11th, 2019, where it portrays the relationship between pollution with agrochemicals and the pineapple industry for export in Costa Rica.
The report exposes the number of pesticides that are used in...
America is one of the continents that have the most animal species due to its geological history and the geographical position that characterizes it since millions of years ago when the Pangea harbored all the continents linked together.
Immense numbers...
A brief summer is a break that occurs in the middle of the rainy season. It receives this name because there are dry and sunny days (or with very little rain, less than or equal to 1 mm daily)....
Reforestation does not only require good intentions but also planned and well-executed actions. And it is that the forests -and the inhabitants that constitute them, the trees- are beings of immense complexity, that need very specific conditions to survive.
However,...
In 50,000 km2 of terrestrial territory, which represents 0.001% of the world extension, there inhabits 5% of the known biological diversity of our planet. If biological wealth is related to the size of the territory, it is considered that...
In recent days, the “Association Network for Biodiversity Coordination”, initiated a petition where the main issue was the cancellation of an activity on World Environment Day, which, with the collaboration of the “RIGATrop project”, the School of Biology and...
