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Costa Rica Will Add 85 Bio-healthy Parks Throughout its Territory by the End of this Year
With an investment of more than ¢ 193 million, the Costa Rican Institute of Sports and Recreation (Icoder) will provide Biosaludable (Biohealthy) Parks to 17 communities in the country in the remainder of 2020, for a total of 85...
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Colombia Becomes the First Country in the Region to Ban Cosmetic Tests on Animals
Colombia this week became the first country in Latin America to restrict the use of animals for cosmetic testing, thus joining the nearly 40 nations internationally, such as the United Kingdom, New Zealand and Israel, that have decided to...
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TEC develops Sensor Design for the Detection of Pesticides in Water
Contamination of water resources has become a matter of central concern at the national level. The gradual reduction of sources for human consumption demands great efforts to protect them.For this reason, the detection of contaminants, such as pesticides, in...
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Al Gore Honors Costa Rican Ximena Loría, with the Climate Reality’s Green Ring Award
The Tica biologist, Ximena Loría Espinoza, founder and Executive Director of the environmental organization “2 Grados”, received the international award "Alfredo Sirkis Memorial Green Ring". The global award was awarded at the 44th ClimateRealityLeadership Corps Global Training, led by...
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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"
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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
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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
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Why an Increasing Number of Europeans Choose Costa Rica for a Well-Deserved Vacation
Costa Rica has long been a paradise for travelers seeking pristine nature, adventure, and relaxation. While it has been...