The Christmas holidays, the end and beginning of the year are one of the best times to travel throughout our country and for this, the Costa Rican Tourism Institute (ICT) wants to share varied information and alternatives for all...
The red and green birds that have become a symbol of the country are about to enter a crucial moment for their preservation: the nesting season. In it, red macaws, parrots, and parakeets will be in the breeding phase....
The pilot program for Deforestation-Free Coffee (CLDD) in Costa Rica marked a milestone in the country's coffee sector by addressing sustainability from the perspective of deforestation reduction.
This initiative responds to the European Union (EU) regulation 2023/1115, which aims to...
In a joint effort to restore and preserve marine biodiversity in Guanacaste, the Culebra Reef Garden project, led by PenÃnsula Papagayo, the Marine and Limnological Research Center (CIMAR) of the University of Costa Rica, the German Agency for International...
The UN Climate Conference, COP29, held in Baku, the capital of Azerbaijan, was "difficult," even "painful," as it ended with "a lamentable agreement." Several countries and environmental protection groups condemned the financial agreement reached at the end of the...
Through a virtual platform, the four countries driving the Agreement on Climate Change, Trade, and Sustainability (ACCTS) signed the final text this past Friday. It is a pioneering instrument that is the first in history to use disciplines from...
Approximately 28 Costa Rican organizations and citizens in general, with digital and physical signatures, are demanding the resignation of Franz Tattenbach Capra, as Minister of Environment and Energy.
The actions are following the powers established in Article 9 and Article...
In recent years, the proposal to use fossil gas in Costa Rica as a transitional energy fuel has emerged, arguing that it is less polluting than oil and, therefore, should be our "bridge fuel." However, this idea is based...
Before summer begins, the Costa Rican Electricity Institute (ICE) launched an energy-saving campaign called "Turn Off Waste!" The Institute guaranteed weeks ago that Costa Ricans will not face the threat of blackouts in 2026 that they suffered this year,...
Costa Rica joined Spain, Guatemala, and the Dominican Republic in a triangular cooperation initiative to reduce seismic risk in Latin America. This project is called Sustainable and Resilient Construction in Central America and the Caribbean in the Face of...
