Environment
Recycling plans begin in Costa Rican cities
Costa Rican cities are starting to see yellow recycling containers. The goal – to capture plastic bottles, newspapers, aluminum cans and paper cartons.Costa Rica's waste management plans are expected to improve dramatically over the next year, providing new opportunities...
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Water Trading keep it Simple
One year and a continent apart, two very different communities embarked on two very similar yet revolutionary ecosystem marketing schemes.by Alice KennyNew York City and the Costa Rican Paradise of Heredia each embarked on pioneering efforts to harvest the...
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Costa Rica, environmentalism, economic growth
Liberia, Costa Rica » Sailing down Costa Rica's Tempisque River on an eco-tour, I watched a crocodile devour a bass with one gulp. It took only a few seconds. The croc's head emerged from the muddy waters near the...
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Costa Rica’s first Jatropha Conference
On April 1st – 4rd 2009 the Costa Rican central pacific region hosted the Jatropha Harvest Experience Costa Rica 2009, a first of its kind event. This 4-day event is designed to educated attendees by verifying truths and dispelling...
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Costa Rica Joins World Green Building Council
The Costa Rica chapter of the Green Building Council (www.crgbc.org) was notified of induction into the World Green Building Council (www.worldgbc.org) on March 24, 2009. Environmental sustainability in Costa Rica is a major social concern as the country covers...
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Empowering Local Communities Through Carbon Credits
Under the Kyoto Protocol’s Clean Development Mechanism (CDM), carbon offset schemes are limited to afforestation and reforestation. Heavily forested countries like Brazil, Cameroon, Costa Rica, DR Congo, Gabon, Indonesia, Malaysia and Papua New Guinea, which all together contain 80%...
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Costa Rica and France battle climate change
Brice Lalone has been appointed by the French Government to lead France's policies in their battle against climate change.Brice and France's Environment, Energy & Telecommunications Minister Roberto Dobles traveled to Costa Rica in February of this year, for discussions...
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CO2 emissions with Google Earth
A team of US scientists led by Purdue University unveiled an interactive Google Earth map on Thursday showing carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuels across the United States.The high-resolution map shows carbon dioxide emissions in metric tons in residential...
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Costa Rica Promotes Greener Air Travel
Costa Rica is hoping for a big jump in its Clean Trips (Viajes Limpios) programme, which allows air passengers to offset the climate-changing gas emissions from their airplane flights by paying for activities that preserve the country's forestsBy mid-November,...
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Jatropha Harvest Experience
UNITED BIOFUELS OF AMERICAThe Jatropha Harvest Experience 2009 is a 3 day hands on workshop of the complete plantation process from planting to end-product including agronomy, pruning and harvesting to name a few. You will walk through the entire...
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Costa Rica to Report New Record in Attracting Foreign Investment for Second Consecutive Year
Costa Rica will reach a record figure in terms of foreign direct investment this year, going from $3.788 billion...