Environment

Project “Footprint of the Future” will plant 200,000 trees in the Costa Rican North Zone

The Government, together with the United Nations Development Program (UNDP), launched the project: "Huella del Futuro" (Footprint of the Future), which aims to plant 200,000 trees in the North Zone of the country, in eleven months. According to the Vice...

Cyclone Eta Ends its Influence in Costa Rica and Moves towards Cuba

Cyclone Eta ends its influence in Costa Rica and moves towards Cuba, according to the National Meteorological Institute (IMN). Local factors will maintain rains in the afternoon and evening on Saturday in the Pacific, the Central Valley as well...

Costa Rica Suffers the Indirect Effects of Tropical Storm Eta

Costa Rica will remain today under the indirect effects of Tropical Storm Eta, especially the southern area, where three rivers are already swollen and intense downpours are being felt, so the authorities are asking the population to take maximum...

Tropical Storm Moves “Slowly” Towards Costa Rica, with High Probability of Intensifying

Tropical Wave 50 is slowly approaching Costa Rica with a high probability of becoming a depression. The National Meteorological Institute (IMN) reported on the afternoon of October 31st that the atmospheric disturbance is located between Haiti and the department...

Last Night’s Central Valley Earth Tremor had a Magnitude of 5.4

The earth tremor that surprised a large part of the inhabitants of the Central Valley this Saturday registered a magnitude of 5.4, according to the latest report from Ovsicori-UNA. According to the institution, the movement occurred at 11:01 p.m....

Costa Rican “Payment for Environmental Services” Program Received the 2020 United Nations Award for Global Climate Action

The Payment for Environmental Services (PSA in Spanish) Program received the United Nations Award for Global Climate Action for 2020 this Tuesday 27th, in the category "Financing climate-friendly investments." The PSA is developed by the Forestry Financing Fund (Fonafifo)...

Ostional Receives one of the Big Turtle Arrivals of the Year

We have very good news for all nature lovers, this past weekend the Ostional Association of Local Guides (AGLO) reported that today one more massive turtle arrival is starting

Scientists Manage to Generate Electricity from Moisture in the Air

Technology is always in search of alternatives, of new forms of survival, inventions that represent new options for the satisfaction of our needs based on tools that we find in the environment. Recently, scientists at the University of Massachusetts Amherst...

First Study with Underwater Cameras Reveals the Status of Costa Rica’s Pacific Sharks and Rays

n Costa Rica, 29 species of sharks and rays have been studied, of which 66% are in danger of extinction, according to a report by scientists from the University of Costa Rica (UCR). Sharks and rays are organisms that contribute to the health of the oceans

Energy Proposals are being Discussed to help in the Country`s Fiscal Situation and Economic Reactivation

Productive sectors, government and legislative deputies will discuss proposals to improve electricity rates and promote economic reactivation by reducing energy operating costs in the “Energy and Environment Congress 2020”, which will take place in virtual mode, on the mornings...
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Gloria Trevi Conquers Costa Rica: Dancing, Tears, and Electric Energy at Parque Viva

After more than 15 years away, Mexican pop icon Gloria Trevi made a triumphant return to Costa Rica, converting...