Tag: costa rica eco news
Come and Visit Chirripó National Park: a Place of Pride in Costa Rica
Chirripó National Park in Costa Rica is famous because there is the highest point in Costa Rica, the Chirripó hill, with an...
Costa Rican Experts Call for Cooperation to Ensure the Survival of the Hawksbill Turtle
The Costa Rica News TCRN) - Experts have called for bilateral agreements between Costa Rica and Nicaragua to ensure the survival of the hawksbill...
Five Companies Receive Carbon Neutral Status in Costa Rica
The Costa Rica News (TCRN) - The Standardization Technical Institute of Costa Rica (Inteco) announced that five companies will be declared carbon neutral.
Inteco, one...
Costa Rica’s Poas Volcano Throws Molten Ash and Gases 300 Meters High
The Costa Rica News (TCRN) - The Poas Volcano in Costa Rica today launched ash and gases 300 meters above its crater as part...
Costa Rica Strengthens Protection Regulations for Sharks and Rays
The Costa Rica News (TCRN) - The president of Costa Rica, Laura Chinchilla, has signed an executive order imposing greater controls for the protection...
Study Reveals Costa Rica Harbors More Manatees Than Previously Thought
The Costa Rica News (TCRN) - Tortuguero National Park, the National Wildlife Refuge Barra del Colorado, and La Amistad Conservation Area in the Caribbean...
Sustainable Living in Costa Rica
Featured Eco Columnist
Elizabeth Mann
Sustainable living is a lifestyle with the goal to reduce the usage of natural resources through a change in transportation, energy...
Foreign studies question Costa Rica’s green image
by SERGIO ARCE A.
Two foreign studies are challenging the image of Costa Rica as a destination for environmentally sustainable, and even exotic paradise, due...
Manuel Antonio National Park of Costa Rica
Featured Eco Columnist
Elizabeth Mann
Manuel Antonio National Park is located on the Pacific Coast of Costa Rica, just south of Quepos. The 682 hectare park...
Tax Exemption for Green Energies
by ESTEBAN KILL
The government proposes to eliminate all taxes on machinery and equipment used for power generation, according to a bill to open the...
Only two of 61 beaches get five-star Blue Flag rating
by LUIS EDO. DIAZ; translation and further editing by TCRN Staff
Of the 61 beaches awarded a rating by the Ecological Blue Flag Program (PBAE)...
The Search for the Rare Blue Morpho in Costa Rica
Featured Eco Columnist
Elizabeth Mann
For a year one of my dreams had been to see and film the Blue Morpho butterfly in its natural habitat....
