Environment

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

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...

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...

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

Each country has its natural riches, animal species and unique flora. And the oceans are a source of life for our planet, with abundant marine plant and animal diversity.Costa Rica is blessed with immense wealth in its mountains, forests...

The prompt response from officers of the National Coast Guard Service, as well as neighbors, saved the life of a hawksbill turtle, which was going to be butchered on a beach in the canton of Matina, province of Limón.

Researcher Laura Chavarría is studying social wasps to determine the presence of actinobacteria (producers of antibiotic substances) in these colonies and to test their antibiotic activity. Insects are a group of essential organisms in ecosystems since they pollinate floral plants,...

An alert to detect outbreaks in Central America of the voracious locust (Schistocerca piceifrons piciefrons Walker), which attacks basic grain crops and some 400 species of plants, issued by the International Regional Organization for Agricultural Health (OIRSA).In an official...

Solar energy is an environmental solution that must be deepened worldwide. Currently, in Costa Rica, there are more than 180,000 panels generating electricity from the sun, spread over more than 2,200 facilities throughout the country.This type of renewable and...

16 experts went deep into the ocean depths to discover what the Costa Rican south Pacific hides. Although the findings were fascinating to the researchers, they also warn that illegal fishing and climate change have damaged the country's marine...