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Costa Rica Environmentalists Threatened For Trying To Protect Threatened Wetlands

Tico Times - May 1, 2024

Environment and Wildlife

Costa Rica’s River Fence Prevents Ocean Plastic Pollution

Environment and Wildlife

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

Environment and Wildlife

Firefighters Battle Blaze in Caño Negro National Wildlife Refuge

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Birds of Costa Rica: Meet the Gray-Headed Kite

Vincent Losasso -

What do you get when you combine the broad wings and big body of a raptor with a little curved beak on a small...

Environment and Wildlife

Can AI and Big Data Solve Latin America’s Farming Woes?

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For centuries, farmers used almanacs to try to predict nature. Now, a new generation of Latin American start-ups is helping to achieve this with...

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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...

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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...

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Intego Clinical Announced Latin American Expansion into Costa Rica with New Office

Maitland, Fla. (April 30, 2024) – Intego Clinical, a biometrics Clinical Research Organization (CRO) that helps leading life science companies unlock the power of...

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Costa Rica May Gardening: Tips and Tricks for a Bountiful Harvest

May is perhaps the most important gardening month of the year in Costa Rica. Farmers across the country are planting their crops this month,...

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Panama: A Nation of Contrasts and Opportunity

Panama, a narrow Central American nation holding presidential elections this Sunday, has gained prominence in the regional migration crisis despite its thriving economy driven...

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