Environment

Costa Rica has reached the point where up to 99% of its annual electricity is generated with clean energy. For several decades, Costa Rica has prioritized the use of renewable energy sources, which has led to almost 99% of...

“Environmental crimes are suddenly a subject that is not so bombastic, it does not occur as much as drug trafficking, homicides. But it is an issue that is currently the fourth highest-grossing crime worldwide.” This is how the director...

Accessibility as a universal right has become an essential element in the environments, processes, goods, products and services that any society must provide to its citizens.For this reason, the Costa Rican National System of Conservation Areas (SINAC-MINAE) has been...

The study claims that the Arctic is the fastest warming region on the planet and that, as sea ice retreats, its waters are becoming the ideal habitat for traditionally subarctic species such as killer whales.Killer whales are expanding their...

The control and surveillance device that will be activated from December 21, 2024 and will end on January 5, 2025, aims to prevent the extraction, hunting, illegal transportation, captivity and trade of wildlife species during the aforementioned period. This...

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 Península 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...