Environment
Costa Rica Opens Solar Power Project in 2012 More Plans for 2013
Costa Rica News - In late 2012 Costa Rica opened the first large scale solar power plant in Bagaces, Guanacaste.The solar project is comprised of 4,300 solar panels each producing 235 watts. The project spans an impressive 2.7 hectares...
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Protecting the Mystical Jaguar
Costa Rica News - The Jaguar, revered for its hunting prowess and strength, feared for the same reasons, the secretive and elusive jaguar came to represent majestic beauty, power, stealth, cunning, and mystery interwoven in rituals and traditional stories.This...
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Costa Rica Leads in Payments for Environmental Services (PES)
Costa Rica is a leader in payments for environmental services (PES) and has established compensation landowners for protecting conserving their local environments. Protecting biodiversity in Costa Rica as eco-tourism is one the country’s biggest business sectors.Although some argue that...
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Costa Rica’s Wildlife Act Banning Sport Hunting Waiting for Chinchilla’s Signature
The jaguar, tapir, caiman and songbirds are now more protected in Costa Rica, thanks to a new law proposed and driven by its own citizens, banning sport hunting of any species.Costa Rica, known for its reputation for "Eco Tourism",...
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World Bank for a Carbon Fund Selects Costa Rica
This month Costa Rica became the first choice for World Bank for a Carbon Fund, allowing access to $63 million for the Payment Program for Environmental Services.In October 2012 the 5th Carbon Fund Meeting of the Forest Carbon Partnership...
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Honduras and Nicaragua Among Countries Most Affected by Climate Change
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...
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Campaign Against GMO’s Continues with Multi-Day Walk
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...
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Costa Rica Working to Preserve Biodiversity through Corridor Maintenance
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...
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Plans for Genetically Modified Seeds Spur Protest
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...
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Costa Rica will Implement an Action Plan to Combat Climate Change
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...
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Crocodiles Will Be Monitored with Drones to Count Population and their Relationship with Communities in Costa Rican Rivers
The use of drones for monitoring crocodile populations in Costa Rica represents an important change from traditional methods: nighttime...