Environment

Poison dart frogs belong to the scientific family Dendrobatidae, which contains more than 175 individual species that are distributed in a range that includes much of Central and South America

Los Quetzales National Park is located in the Los Santos area, in southern Costa Rica, between the province of San Gerardo de Dota on the Talamanca mountain range and the Savegre river basin. About 80 km from San José,...

Acid rain is considered to be those precipitations with high concentrations of sulfuric and nitric acid. It causes significant damage to vegetation, wiping out nitrogen-fixing microorganisms. A very important indirect effect is the impoverishment of certain essential nutrients so...

Curridabat, a town in Costa Rica’s, has proven its passion about biodiversity and the wellness of its people

As part of the effort made at the country level to promote economic recovery, the Ministry of Environment and Energy (MINAE) and the National System of Conservation Areas (SINAC) authorize, from August 17th, the access of visitors to 13...

Recently was known through the media that the Asian giant hornet has been seen prowling in the northern United States, probably migrating from Asia. According to this report, it was first spotted in December 2019 at Washington State.Regarding its...

After justifying our proposal, for a transition towards community organic agriculture, we make a formal request to the Ministry of Agriculture

The National Chamber of Beekeeping Promotion regretted the incident that occurred on May 8th, 2020, in Esparza, Puntarenas, where more than 2 million bees died from agrochemical poisoning. “The community of Esparza de Puntarenas has witnessed the worst killing...

In recent weeks, business chambers in Costa Rica have irresponsibly pressed for Costa Rica to allow the use of more agrochemicals without a toxicological evaluation to overcome the health crisis. Similar echoes are heard in other Latin American countries.This...