Environment

A team of scientists is using a floating bus to search for the last remaining manatees in the Caribbean waters around the Panama-Costa Rica border as part of a project to protect the endangered marine mammals that inspired the...

The absence of a modern law that protects water resources is one of the main threats to the water in Costa Rica, said the environmental sector at the World Water Day conference. The Environmental Federation (FECON) said the expansion of...

This March 23, 8:30 to 9:30 pm celebrates Earth Hour. This global initiative, created by the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) aims to raise public awareness about the need for action on climate change. Earth Hour broke all records in 2012,...

The Government and academic and scientific institutions of Costa Rica will work in the coming months to create a virtual atlas of biodiversity of the country, with extensive information and also contains the richest collection of species of the...

During the nesting season of the leatherback sea turtle, which began last October and ends in March, they have recorded 31 turtles of which 40% of those are new in the Leatherback Marine National Park. Rotney Stone, administrator Leatherback Marine...

Costa Rica News - Costa Rica's government signed "letters of intent" with local private companies to develop six clean energy projects that will to generate 99 megawatts (MW), officials said. State authorities Instituto Costarricense de Electricidad (ICE), rector of the...

Mangroves and wetlands could be the right way to reach the goal of a carbon neutral country by 2021.

Costa Rica News - Costa Rica already boasts 5% of the world’s biodiversity and as a land bridge between North and South America Costa Rica is the causeway for migrating bird species between these 2 continents making this country...

The herbicide bromacil is one of the most used by the pineapple sector in their plantations, and the Directorate of Environmental Quality Management (DIGECA), Ministry of Environment, Energy and Mares (MINAEM) recognized that there are levels of herbicide in...

Costa Rica News – This week in Costa Rica representatives of 17 countries analyzed tools to finance the protection and responsible forest protection and management, organizers said. The event is organized by the Tropical Agricultural Research and Higher Education Center...