Environment

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...

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",...

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...

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...