Environment

The Costa Rica News (TCRN) - High rates of poverty, poor access to education and competition with large international tuna vessels have local Costa Rican fishermen in a situation that its members consider urgent and requires government assistance."The fisherman...

The Costa Rica News (TCRN) - The murder of environmentalist Jairo Mora, was intended to "scare", said a judicial source connected with the case and who requested anonymity.Apparently, those responsible for the death of environmentalist wanted to intimidate him...

This week the Government of Costa Rica has received a barrage of criticism for the murder of environmentalist Jairo Mora, while protecting turtles. There had been threats from turtle poachers and traffickers on the beaches of the province of...

The Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC), will provide $ 100 million for two state banks Costa Rica finance environmental projects to enable the country achieve its goal of being carbon neutral by 2021.Costa Rican Ministry of Environment and...

New app will help Tourists to better understand and locate about 500 species in Costa Rica.The app is called Touit named after a national bird Touits costarricensis The application can be downloaded for free by logging on to www.touit.cr...

Canadian mining operations have faced fierce opposition from numerous Latin America countries and communities over the past decade continuing most recently in Guatemala and Costa Rica.In 2008 a Latin American independent report, Investing in Conflict—Public Money, Private Gain: Goldcorp...

Costa Rica’s majestic coral reefs, covering approximately 970 km2 of the seabed, have multiple benefits for nature but especially significant economic value.The Interamerican Association for Environmental Defense (AIDA), , shows that 97% of coral reefs are endangered by human...

Earlier this year it was announced that Cocos Island National Park would be the first place to have a radar for surveillance system of 15 radars installed to monitor the seas around the island to address problems such as...

After the Ministry of Environment and Energy says there is a decline of jaguars in Corcovado making environment authorities pay more attention to the problem, which they feel could be associated with the hunting of wild pigs in the...

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...