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 Amphibians
Global Amphibian Decline
The past two decades, amphibians have had significant declines in...
Costa Rica's government will prioritize the conversion of public transport to cleaner energy as part of efforts to become the first country in the world to achieve carbon neutrality by 2021.
The Minister of Environment, Energy and Telecommunications, René Castro,...
Costa Rica's president, Laura Chinchilla, signed a decree that tightens controls on imports of shark fins, in order to combat illegal practice known as "finning".
Chinchilla said "this practice, Costa Rica does not accept and want to send a clear...
The protection of Costa Rica biodiversity wins land slide vote this week
The Costa Rica government lawmakers took steps this week to be the first Latin America country to ban hunting as a sport. The vote was 41 in favor...
Cayuga Sustainable Hospitality, owner of several eco-lodges, eco-resorts and sustainable hotels & resorts in Costa Rica and Nicaragua, was among the 15 companies selected by Condé Nest Traveler to receive its 2012 World Savers Award.
A panel of independent judges...
Costa Rica Eco News - Since 2006, the Association for the Preservation of Flora and Fauna (APREFLOFAS) has been working on the new Law of Conservation of Wildlife, by collecting 177,344 signatures and writing and structuring of the new...
The International Police and Interpol issued a red alert for the arrest and capture of Paul Watson, from the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society.
The application was made by the Japanese authorities. Watson is wanted in that country on charges of...
The government of Costa Rica has declared of national interest the environmental program “Costa Rica Verde y Limpia,” a campaign launched by Terra Nostra Association and which seeks to raise awareness among citizens about the importance of proper waste...
