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Costa Rican Environmentalists Achieve Goal: No More Hammerhead Shark Fin Exports
After much controversy and complaints by environmentalists, the Ministry of Environment and Energy (MINAE) announced today that they will no longer issue permits for the export of shark fins until they have developed a legal document that ensures that...
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Mayor Petitions Costa Rica Government to Change Forestry Law in Light of Cypress Deforestation Debate
The mayor of San Rafael de Heredia, Jorge Isaac Paniagua, has asked the Commission for Environmental Affairs of the Legislative Assembly to reform the Forestry Law, in order to avoid the further cutting of cypress trees.Paniagua said they must...
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Turrialba Volcano Very Active Over the Weekend With Ash Eruptions and Small Quakes
The Turrialba volcano in Costa Rica, which since last October has maintained constant activity continues excite with new ash eruptions accompanied by seismic movements in recent days.Gino Gonzalez, a volcanologist at the National Seismological Network (RSN), said that last...
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Costa Rican Scientists Testing New Snake Venom Vaccine to Protect Domestic Animals
Scientists at the Clodomiro Picado Institute in the University of Costa Rica are in the testing phase of a vaccine to protect livestock from the effects of snake venom.The vaccine was manufactured with toxins from snake venom, but was...
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Costa Rica Develops New Green Vehicle Program to Further Reduce the Country’s Carbon Footprint
The Costa Rica government has announced the development of the Acquisition Program for Efficient Vehicles (PAVE) which will promote a reduction of national energy consumption and the emissions of greenhouse gases caused by automobiles.The Ministry of Environment and Energy (MINAE)...
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Thanks to Public Outrage, Costa Rica Halts Any Further Hammerhead Exports
The Comptroller General of the Republic (CGR) warned that since September 2014, there have been deficiencies by the National System of Conservation Areas (SINAC) in granting permits for the export, import and re-export of protected species included in the...
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Chile’s Villarrica Erupts, Over 3,000 to be Evacuated
The Villarrica volcano in southern Chile and one of the busiest in the country, erupted this morning, creating spectacular lava shows and requiring evacuation in the surrounding areas.The succession of orange explosions in from the crater lit up the clear...
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Costa Rican Scientists Discover 15 Meter Molten Crack in the Turrialba Volcano Crater
The 3,200 meter-high Turrialba volcano continues to increase its temperature, amazing visitors and scientist with its eruptive force and stunning show of colors and activity.The first symptoms of its awakening included earthquakes accompanied by eruptions of steam and ash in...
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Costa Rica Environmentalists Outraged at Permits Allowing Hammerhead Shark Fins to be Exported
Costa Rica's INCOPESCA and System for Conservation Areas (SINAC), has given permission for the export of hammerhead fins, a protected shark species.One of these permits (number 1,118) was given to the company Smalley Development SA to export these fins...
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MINAE, SENASA, and the Humane Society International Join Forces to Push Animal Rights Initiatives in Costa Rica
The National Animal Health Service (SENASA) and the Ministry of Environment and Energy (MINAE) of Costa Rica have joined forces with the Humane Society International (HSI)/Latin America to support animal welfare programs in the country.Both institutions signed agreements to...
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Dance of the Little Devils: Among Oldest Indigenous Ceremonies in Costa Rica
With great excitement and expectation, I went to experience one of the most historic and unique traditional festivals held...