Environment

The oceans allow the transport of most of the world trade, they are an important source of food and employment. Costa Rica is home to 3.5% of the world's marine biodiversity. Its marine territory is 11 times larger than...

Costa Rica May Become a Pioneer in Reforestation of Fruit Trees

For collecting the garbage that floats in the Tárcoles River, an "Interceptor" will be installed soon. It is a Dutch-made mechanism that collects waste and stores it in containers. To do this, a barrier is placed in the river...

Costa Rica signed a cooperation agreement with the NGO OceanMind to facilitate the application of maritime regulation thanks to the experience of this organization in the analysis of satellite information and ship tracking.The alliance, signed through the Institute of...

In the framework of the World Environment Day commemoration, a significant number of Nosara residents held a march in favor of the construction control regulation established by the Municipality of Nicoya for the buffer zone of the Ostional National...

The intense volcanic activity that occurs in at least 6 Latin American countries keeps the authorities of the region vigilant and, on several times, has led to the issuance of alerts in areas of Chile, Colombia, and Mexico.A priori,...

Thanks to the conservation of its forests, Costa Rica will invest over the next 5 years US$ 54 million from the Green Climate Fund (GCF), which recognized, in November 2020, 14.7 million metric tons of carbon dioxide captured between...

Costa Rica is known throughout the world as one of the greenest and most sustainable nations, which is full of virtues showing a natural paradise. Water and its availability is an important issue within the Central American country, because...

It was another safe takeoff with a happy ending at the Juan Santamaría International Airport, only without aircraft. This time, it was other winged prodigies: some 4,000 bees that made hives in an approach tower at that terminal. The...

the Great Green Macaw, and most of these are a compilation of information from sightings generated by people within the communities where the Great Green Macaw lives.