Environment

Central America News - Honduras and Nicaragua are two the countries that were most affected by climate change between 1990 and 2010, according to a study released in Managua by a local environmental organization.The NGO Centro Humboldt introduced the...

In an ongoing effort to prevent the introduction of genetically modified corn seeds (GMO) into Costa Rica, a nine-day "Walk to Defend Our Corn" will begin in Guanacaste on Saturday, November 24th, and will proceed across the country to...

Approximately 214 species of birds, mammals, amphibians, reptiles, and corals, are seeing their numbers threatened. Because of deforestation, separated pockets or islands remain isolated and without corridors, populations dwindle. Poaching and agricultural growth also contribute to the decline of...

Close to one hundred people gathered in front of the Ministerio de Agricultura y Ganaderia (MAG) in San Jose on Tuesday, November 6, to protest the introduction of Genetically Modified (GM) corn seeds into Costa Rican agriculture. Organized by...

Earlier this month Costa Rica announced The Action Plan of the National Strategy on Climate Change (ENCC) which will be the resource that the country will use to mitigate the impact of climate change and it intended will be...

Press release - ** Direct Action Alert **Genetically Modified Crops Threaten Costa Rican AgricultureOn Tuesday the 6th of November at 12:30 p.m., the first public signatures against Monsanto's Genetically Modified corn seeds in Costa Rica will be delivered to...

Costa Rica’s biodiversity is world renounced having approximately 5% of the worlds biodiversity, but climate change and in particular this years El Niño is effecting Costa Rica AmphibiansGlobal Amphibian DeclineThe past two decades, amphibians have had significant declines in...

Costa Rica's government will prioritize the conversion of public transport to cleaner energy as part of efforts to become the first country in the world to achieve carbon neutrality by 2021.The Minister of Environment, Energy and Telecommunications, René Castro,...

Costa Rica's president, Laura Chinchilla, signed a decree that tightens controls on imports of shark fins, in order to combat illegal practice known as "finning".Chinchilla said "this practice, Costa Rica does not accept and want to send a clear...

The protection of Costa Rica biodiversity wins land slide vote this weekThe Costa Rica government lawmakers took steps this week to be the first Latin America country to ban hunting as a sport. The vote was 41 in favor...