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Chaves Suggests “Lobbying” Behind Norway’s Refusal to Help

Tico Times - April 26, 2024

Environment and Wildlife

Firefighters Battle Blaze in Caño Negro National Wildlife Refuge

Environment and Wildlife

The Difficulty of Enforcing Laws on Feeding Wild Animals

Environment and Wildlife

Costa Rica Faces Water Supply Challenges Amid Severe Drought

Environment and Wildlife

Costa Rica’s Single-Use Plastics Ban Takes Effect

Ileana Fernandez -

The law that bans single-use plastics in Costa Rica comes into force on April 20th. This measure, approved in 2021, seeks to eliminate materials...

Environment and Wildlife

Guess who is accused of Costa Rica’s ongoing water crisis?

Ileana Fernandez -

Most of the water supply problems faced by the country are the responsibility of the Costa Rican Institute of Aqueducts and Sewerage (AyA). A...

Environment and Wildlife

Costa Rica Wildlife – I Finally Saw a Baird’s Tapir

Vincent Losasso -

In Costa Rica, a land of mostly small creatures, a giant lurks in the shadows. Costa Rica is not Africa, where a huge number...

Environment and Wildlife

Forest Fire Rages in Costa Rica’s Lomas de Barbudal Biological Reserve

Authorities of the Arenal Tempisque Conservation Area (ACAT) reported that a forest fire broke out in the Lomas de Barbudal Biological Reserve (RBLB). The fire...

Environment and Wildlife

Norway Declines Costa Rica’s Request for Oil and Gas Exploration Studies

Ileana Fernandez -

The Ministry of Environment and Energy (MINAE) informed that Norway rejected the government's request to support studies on the exploration and exploitation of oil...

Environment and Wildlife

Protecting Costa Rica’s Endangered Jabiru: A Call for Community Support

Recent reports from the Arenal Tempisque Conservation Area (ACAT-SINAC) showed an increase in Jabiru sightings during the months of February and March, particularly in...

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Costa Rica’s President: Closing Darién to Migrants is Difficult

The president of Costa Rica, Rodrigo Chaves, said this Friday in an interview that he considers it complicated to close the Darién jungle to...

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Costa Rica’s Water Infrastructure Fails to Meet Community Needs

Residents of several communities in Alajuelita and Tibas who have been affected by the lack of water in recent months raised their voices to...

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Constitutional Court Upholds Cocos Island National Park Expansion

The Ministry of Environment and Energy (MINAE) and the National System of Conservation Areas (SINAC-MINAE) annouced the Constitutional Court rejected the action filed by...

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