Environment
Costa Rica Implements New United Nations Program to Mitigate Climate Change
The Costa Rica News (TCRN) - Costa Rica announced that this week it will launch the Adaptation Fund of the United Nations with the inception of projects that mitigate climate change, which is funded with $10 million.At a press...
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Poas Volcano Shows Increase in Hydrothermal Activity
The Costa Rica News (TCRN) - For 30 years the Poas Volcano has remained relatively passive, but last night the situation was different as greater magmatic-hydrothermal activity was recorded, but experts say this is normal.According to the geologist of...
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Costa Rica Faces New Water Treatment Challenges
The Costa Rica News (TCRN) - Wastewater treatment remains a challenge for Costa Rica, a country known for being a world leader in the ecological field, but where only 3% of the water is properly treated.The lag is based...
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Virilla River Clean Up Declared a Concern of National Interest
The Costa Rica News (TCRN) - The National Water Laboratory has declared that waste reduction in the Virilla-Tárcoles basin is a concern of national interest by the next government, so that state institutions will get involved in the rescue...
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Over 100 Environmental Initiatives Implemented to Help Costa Rica’s Metropolitan Areas
The Costa Rica News (TCRN) - Retrieving the soil, air, water and flora of the Greater Metropolitan Area (GAM) is part of the new urban development plan promoted by the Government of the Republic, called "2013 GAM Plan". Municipalities, universities...
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Activist Vandana Shiva Commends Costa Rica for Its War Against GMO Crops
The Costa Rica News (TCRN) - Vandana Shiva said that in Costa Rica, there is a war in which GM crops threaten traditional agriculture, biodiversity and human life."GM is my war at the genetic level. It's a war on...
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European Investment Bank Discusses Clean Energy Projects in Costa Rica
The Costa Rica News (TCRN) - Representatives of the European Investment Bank (EIB) met today in San Jose with state officials of Instituto Costarricense de Electricidad (ICE) to review the progress of works and multilateral joint funding for more...
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German Family Takes on Deforestation and Biodiversity in Costa Rica
The Costa Rica News (TCRN) - Leo and Stefan Pröstler are Austrian-German conservationists and father and son who decided to pursue efforts to contribute to the conservation of biodiversity in Costa Rica.In an interview published by the German broadcaster...
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Costa Rica Ranks Ninth in Worldwide Energy Performance
The Costa Rica News (TCRN) - Costa Rica is among the top ten countries in the world with the best energy performance, according to the "Top 10" Energy Performance Index of the World Economic Forum based in Switzerland.Costa Rica...
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Costa Rican Wild Animal Rescue Treats Over 2,000 Mistreated Animals
The Costa Rica News (TCRN) – In the previous year, the Central Animal Rescue Zoo hosted 1,300 wild animals that were stolen from their habitats, but for 2013 this figure is almost double.This year, the center received 2,199 wild...
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