Environment
New Bee Poisoning in Orotina: 5 million Died According to Beekeepers
About five million bees died by poisoning this past week inLagunillas de Orotina, Alajuela, the Costa Rican Beekeepers organization denounced on August 13th.The incident was caused by a group of "unscrupulous people" who applied toxic substances to their crops,...
Environment
Will Water Pollution in Costa Rica Continue to Go Unpunished?
A few days ago, the Environment Commission of the Legislative Assembly passed the draft Law 20,212 called: "Law for the Integrated Management of Water Resources"
Environment
Stop Dumping Agrochemicals to the Water Supply of Plantón Cipreses, Cartago
In response to the last community inspection carried out on Sunday, June 21st, 2020, where photographs were taken with a drone
Environment
Costa Rican Electricity Institute Rejects “Waste Incineration Project” for Generating Energy
The presidency of the Costa Rican Electricity Institute (ICE), declared that they are not going to provide any land to make the incinerator (or any type of chemical combustion) of waste that seeks to generate electricity as a result...
Environment
The National Emergency Commission Decrees Yellow Meteorological Alert in Guanacaste and Other Parts of the Country
The atmospheric instability presented in recent days has generated significant accumulated rainfall, especially along the Pacific, Central Valley, and some sectors of the North Zone and Sarapiquí.According to the IMN (meteorological) stations, this past week the highest amounts of...
Environment
The Environmental Defense of the San Rafael River
The fight for the defense of the San Rafael river at San Pedro de Pérez Zeledón in the Southern Zone has been going on for six and a half years against the private hydroelectric projects that were proposed in the main southern rivers between 2013 to 2015
Environment
Reduced Pollutant Emissions Due to the Pandemic Are Not a Sustainable Positive Response to Climate Change
The economic slowdown and mobility restrictions, caused by the global Coronavirus Pandemic, have given the planet a little respite, with a verified decrease in polluting emissions
Environment
Tico Postgraduate Student Creates Organic Fertilizer for Reducing the Environmental Impact of the Prickly Pear in Mexico
Providing good management to the prickly pear glycoids (spines) has become a great challenge for producers in the municipality of Nopaltepec, Mexico. This material remains as a residue after cleaning the pear fruit; it is highly resistant to natural...
Environment
Nature Conservation in Costa Rica May be in Danger
In recent days, the Ecological Federation (FECON) formally communicated to the Minister of the Environment and the General Secretariat of SETENA, its rejection to the proposed regulatory reform of the Regulation on Environmental Assessment, Control and Monitoring (RECSA).For the...
Entertainment
To prevent New Pandemics we must Change the Agricultural Model that Deforests and Destroys Biodiversity
The United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) draws attention to the advancement of industrial agriculture, a factor that could trigger new Pandemics in the future and calls for changing the agricultural model that deforests and destroys biodiversity
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Adventure Reality Show Will Be Recorded in Guanacaste.The Project is Valued at $10 Million
A new audiovisual project will be recorded in Costa Rica and the production cost is estimated at $10 million....
