Environment

Heatstroke can be described as mild heatstroke, weakness; sweating, cramps, and often visible dilation of leg veins are felt

In the framework of the World Environment Day, the President of Costa Rica, Carlos Alvarado, signed a law that guarantees access to water as a basic human right. In addition to being an essential and inalienable natural resource for...

The Minister of Environment and Energy of Costa Rica, Carlos Manuel Rodríguez, was appointed director of the Global Environment Fund (GEF), a position that until now had not been held by anyone from a developing country, it was officially...

Much is said about the effect that climate change has been having on our planet and its consequences on the more temperate zones.Despite all this, according to a new NASA study, Antarctica is gaining more ice than it is...

Climate is a set of elements of atmospheric weather that define the heterogeneous thermic features that a territory presents. With regards to Costa Rica, the country is located in the Neotropic region of the Earth, so it has tropical...

During four years, ecologists, organic farmers, beekeepers, researchers, and activists have waged a battle against the introduction - uncontrolled and massive - of agrochemicals to Costa Rica. They have denounced that businessmen, politicians, importers of poisons, and transnational corporations...

In April of this year, the Ministry of Environment and Energy of Costa Rica (MINEA) presented the proposal "Tackling deforestation and forest degradation in Costa Rica using Google Earth Engine". The objective is to improve the capacities of national...

The golden toad of Monteverde toad (Incilius perigones) was a species of anuran amphibians that lived in a few places in the Monteverde forest, in Costa Rica, in Central America

For five years, the San Carlos Forest Development Commission (Codeforsa) has promoted the planting of flowering trees. Now the Codeforsa initiative has taken off and they are promoting the campaign "Costa Rica en Flor" (Costa Rica Flowering), which consists...

Women who work in biodiversity management, agriculture, ecotourism and research will be able to access financing of up to ₡ 10 million