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High Microplastic Levels Found on Costa Rica Beaches, Study Shows

Tico Times - August 14, 2025

Costa Rica Investigates Bahía Papagayo Over Illegal Logging Allegations

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Costa Rica Hosts Global Research on Sharks and Pollution

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Plastic Pollution Costs $1.5 Trillion Annually

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Costa Rica Overturns Management Plan for Gandoca-Manzanillo Refuge

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Costa Rica’s Constitutional Court has ruled that the General Management Plan for the Gandoca-Manzanillo Mixed Wildlife Refuge is unconstitutional. The decision annuls both the...

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Costa Rica Police Uncover Second Cyanide-Laced Mining Operation in Crucitas

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The environmental crisis in Crucitas persists. Police discovered and dismantled an artisanal mining material processing plant in a wooded area of Tatú Hill in Crucitas,...

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Good Timing Leads to Rare Snake Encounter in Costa Rica

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When it comes to viewing wildlife in person, timing is everything. There’s a great big world out there and the chances of you being...

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Costa Rica Loses Ocean Award Amid Shark Conservation Controversy

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Following recent statements by Costa Rica’s Minister of Environment, Franz Tattenbach, international organizations Fins Attached in association with the Rob Stewart Sharkwater Foundation, have...

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Costa Rica Minister Slams NGO “Blackmail” Following Ocean Award

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Last November, Costa Rica received the 2024 Oceans Advocate Rob Stewart Award at the annual “Save Our Oceans” gala, organized by Fins Attached in...

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Costa Rica’s Lagoon Suffers New Pesticide Spill

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The Madre de Dios lagoon in Batán de Matina, Limón, has once again been contaminated by pesticides, causing the death of thousands of fish....

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Calls Grow for Deep-Sea Mining Moratorium as ISA Talks Restart

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The International Seabed Authority (ISA) resumes negotiations Monday in search of rules to regulate deep-sea mining, amid controversy over Donald Trump's decision to unilaterally...

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Costa Rica’s Wildlife and the Camera Trap Method That Won Me Over

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To change your mind on previously strongly held convictions can be viewed in two different lights. You’re either an open-minded individual that allows new information to...

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Costa Rica’s Eyelash Viper Snake Is One of the Most Beautiful

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There are at least 141 different species of snakes in Costa Rica. With that large number of species packed into such a tiny nation,...

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Climate Change in Costa Rica Devastates Coffee Farms in Los Santos

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In Costa Rica’s Los Santos region, famous for producing nearly half the country’s coffee, farmers are reeling from heavy losses driven by wild weather....