Environment

Costa Rica is going through a complicated situation because it is divided between those who want to protect its wonderful biodiversity and those who are not willing to contribute to making that happen by taking predatory actions that can...

Trawling in Costa Rica has been a subject of constant debate, in The Costa Rica News (TCRN); we have been monitoring the issue not only of the debates but also of the demands of various fishermen movements and the...

The State Phytosanitary System has published today the “Report 2018 on Analysis of Pesticide Residues in Fresh Vegetables in Costa Rica of National Production and Import Intention” generated by the Agrochemical Waste Control Unit. In this report, it reveals...

Building permits can be positive if correctly handled with all the regulatory variables, but when something irregular is detected, the citizens can and must push back by means of suspension orders.

La Paz waterfall is located in Vara Blanca de Heredia. It was completely restored after the Cinchona earthquake of 2013, which destroyed roads and communities near the Poas Volcano

For many years now, in different parts of the world, there has been the talk of climate change and all its negative consequences that affect the quality of life of people worldwide

Central American countries have always suffered endless depredation of their natural resources

A butterfly farm located in Uvita de Osa, Puntarenas, is subject to investigation by the authorities because it apparently works as a “smoke-screen” for the trafficking of insect species in the "black market" of Europe

Costa Rica will have its first plant in the country to building blocks from plastic waste, in such a way that they generate ecological construction systems

In 2017, according to the Ministry of Health, our country recycled 100,200 tons of waste. That figure is 469% higher than recycled waste in 2015