Environment

"Agrochemical or agrichemical, a contraction of agricultural chemical, is a generic term for the various chemical products used in agriculture. In most cases, agrichemical refers to the broad range of pesticides, including insecticides, herbicides, fungicides and nematicides. It may...

The Municipal Council of Perez Zeledón will have to face three considerable obstacles if it insists on building a Municipal Cableway in the Chirripó National Park. The National Park Law, the Organic Environmental Law, and the International Treaties that...

A National and International CelebrationMarch 14th was the International Day of Action for RiversCosta Rica is commemorating the International Day of Action for Rivers by celebrating the fact that eight dam projects in the southern region have been filed in...

Crowded paths, loud beaches and more people than animals – for a few years now people have been complaining about the booming tourism in Manuel Antonio National Park. Manuel Antonio is not only the small, thoroughly enjoyable national park...

The workshop gathered representatives from Bioversity International, the Ministry of Agriculture (MAG) and the Ministry of Environment and Energy (MINAET) as well as participants from public research centers and genebanks (INTA, CATIE, Universities), NGOs (INBIO), and farmer cooperatives.During the...

As the year winds down and colder weather becomes the norm in New Jersey, there's a better way to heat yourself up than cranking up the heater to full blast.From the southern United States to the southern hemisphere, there...

Carbon-based fuels, there's nothing more harmful to our planet than that. Carbon energy comes from a time when people didn't think that the earth would receive any damage. While heavy industrialized countries look away from the peril, Costa Rica...

Costa Rica is known in the last decades for its advances in environmental awareness. The country has had great numbers in green technology since its promise to be in 2021 the first carbon neutral nation worldwide. Achieving 299 days...

Science bases itself in evolution, and evolution brings development to society, whether is human or not. When we think of science, we think of Europe, Asia or North America. Costa Rica isn't exactly the name that comes to mind...

Few know it but Osa Peninsula concentrates the largest amount of gold in Costa Rica –especially in Corcovado National Park- which attracts a considerable number of local artisan miners. Yet even mining is prohibited within the Corcovado’s limits, its...