Environment

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...

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...