Environment
Restoration of Reefs and Coral Communities of the Tico Coast
In Costa Rica there are initiatives that are simply part of adding to collective growth and improvement, the greater drive to create awareness
Environment
Costa Rica Reaffirms Commitment to Face Global Warming
Costa Rica reaffirmed on the International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer, its commitment to the gradual reduction of Hydro chlorofluorocarbons (HCFCs), gases that cause global warming.Gases associated with refrigeration and air conditioning account for 12 percent...
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UN / OAS: Governments Must Strengthen, Not Weaken, Protection of the Environment During the Pandemic
The United Nations Special Rapporteur on human rights and the environment, David R. Boyd and the Special Rapporteur on Economic, Social, Cultural and Environmental Rights (REDESCA)
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Electric Vehicles With a “Green Plate” Will Not be Restricted and can use Special Parking Spaces
Electric vehicles will have, as of this week, a license plate that differentiates them from the rest of the fleet. The "green plate" will be given to vehicles free of polluting emissions and allows them specific benefits; for example:...
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Ecological Blue Flag Awarded To The Storage Center from The Municipality Of San José
The Recycling Program from the Municipality of San José was awarded the Blue Flag Ecological Climate Change Award, being the only facility in this municipality that has this distinction
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A herd of Coyotes Visited the Coronado Streets
A herd of coyotes visited a neighborhood in San Francisco de Coronado, according to the biologist of the National University (UNA), Kevin Lloyd, the animals foraged for food in the area, such as rabbits or rodents."San Francisco de Coronado...
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Submit Your Project for the Sustainable Construction Award
Highlighting the efforts made by people or companies to include sustainability in the environmental, social and economic axes, is the objective of the Sustainable Construction Award promoted by the Costa Rican Chamber of Construction.Both individuals and legal entities, whose...
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Tortuguero National Park Receives an Economic Injection of ¢ 1,110 million
About ¢ 1,110 were invested in the Tortuguero National Park for an operational center for personnel who monitor the area and carry out conservation work
Environment
Deputy Yorleny León Proposes Turning the Sloth into a National Living Symbol
As part of the National Parks Day celebration, Deputy Yorleny León, from the National Liberation Party, presented a bill that seeks to make the sloth a national symbol of Costa Rica
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Costa Rica Seeks to Encourage Alternative Tourism Through “Orchids” Observation
The Costa Rican Tourism Institute (ICT) invited national and foreign visitors to discover the more than 1,400 species of orchids in the country, of which 20% are endemic
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Stopping Ageism in Costa Rica
The concept of ageism was coined in 1969 by Dr. Robert Butler, an American gerontologist and the first director...