The Costa Rica News (TCRN) - The projection that acidity in the oceans will reach record levels in the next 100 years was announced in the latest report by the International Geosphere-Biosphere Program (IGBP) in conjunction with Unesco and the Scientific...
The Costa Rica News (TCRN) - The president of Costa Rica, Laura Chinchilla, has signed an executive order imposing greater controls for the protection of sharks and rays along the country's shores.
The decree seeks the protection of sharks and...
The Costa Rica News (TCRN) - A new species of mollusk received its name in honor of Coco's Island, where it was discovered. The species was identified in April of 2010 and subsequent research confirmed that it is a completely...
The Costa Rica News (TCRN) - Tortuguero National Park, the National Wildlife Refuge Barra del Colorado, and La Amistad Conservation Area in the Caribbean are preferred sites for the location of manatees in the Costa Rica.
This emerges from a...
The Costa Rica News (TCRN) - This year, Costa Rica will start using $20 million in credit granted in 2006 by the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) to strengthen the National System of Conservation Areas (SINAC), official sources said today.
The...
The Costa Rica News (TCRN) - A recent forum says that protected areas may not be ensuring the best possible protection to the biodiversity found in Costa Rica. According to experts, the lack of resources and fragmentation of spaces...
The Costa Rica News (TCRN) - The initiative, which will benefit some 700 families of fishermen, was made ​​official on Friday October 25th with the signing of an agreement between the Costa Rican Institute of Fishing and Aquaculture (Incopesca) and the...
The Costa Rica News (TCRN) – From November 3rd through 6th, Costa Rica will host the fourth edition of the international conference, Planet People Peace (P3), in which experts from 12 countries will have exhibits about sustainable tourism, organizers...
The Costa Rica News (TCRN) - A group of environmental organizations has called on the Costa Rican government to reform the National Institute of Fisheries and Aquaculture (Incopesca) in order to avoid trawling and illegal fishing in protected sites.
The...
The Costa Rica News (TCRN) - From November of 2012 to May 2013, 1,933 green turtles nested on Isla San Jose in the Guanacaste Conservation Area (GCA), however less than half ended up laying eggs there.
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