Costa Rica reaffirmed on the International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer, its commitment to the gradual reduction of Hydro chlorofluorocarbons (HCFCs), gases that cause global warming.
Gases associated with refrigeration and air conditioning account for 12 percent...
The United Nations Special Rapporteur on human rights and the environment, David R. Boyd and the Special Rapporteur on Economic, Social, Cultural and Environmental Rights (REDESCA)
Electric vehicles will have, as of this week, a license plate that differentiates them from the rest of the fleet. The "green plate" will be given to vehicles free of polluting emissions and allows them specific benefits; for example:...
The Recycling Program from the Municipality of San José was awarded the Blue Flag Ecological Climate Change Award, being the only facility in this municipality that has this distinction
A herd of coyotes visited a neighborhood in San Francisco de Coronado, according to the biologist of the National University (UNA), Kevin Lloyd, the animals foraged for food in the area, such as rabbits or rodents.
"San Francisco de Coronado...
Highlighting the efforts made by people or companies to include sustainability in the environmental, social and economic axes, is the objective of the Sustainable Construction Award promoted by the Costa Rican Chamber of Construction.
Both individuals and legal entities, whose...
About ¢ 1,110 were invested in the Tortuguero National Park for an operational center for personnel who monitor the area and carry out conservation work
As part of the National Parks Day celebration, Deputy Yorleny León, from the National Liberation Party, presented a bill that seeks to make the sloth a national symbol of Costa Rica
The Costa Rican Tourism Institute (ICT) invited national and foreign visitors to discover the more than 1,400 species of orchids in the country, of which 20% are endemic
The Animal Welfare Law came into force in June 2017 after a strong popular outcry. However, the institutions in charge of investigating cases of this nature have been waiting for more than three years for an additional budget to...
