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Costa Rica Rolls Out National Strategy to Stop Wildlife Electrocutions

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Costa Rica is moving to give national force to a strategy aimed at reducing one of its most persistent threats to wildlife: electrocution on...
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Costa Rica Prepares for Severe El Niño as Water, Power and Tourism Face Pressure

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Costa Rica is preparing for a difficult El Niño cycle that could put pressure on water supplies, electricity costs and tourism services in some...
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Costa Rica’s Borinquen Geothermal Plant Advances With Major Contract

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Costa Rica’s state electricity company has moved Borinquen I one step closer to completion, awarding a contract worth nearly $100 million for the main...
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Costa Rica Says Ocean Conservation Must Benefit Fishing Communities

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Costa Rica used a major international environmental finance meeting in Uzbekistan to present a marine conservation message built around coastal communities, fishing families and...
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Costa Rica Rolls Out Plan as El Niño Officially Arrives

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El Niño is no longer a forecast for Costa Rica. It's here. The U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) confirmed Thursday that the...
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Costa Rica’s Crucitas Gold Crisis Deepens as Illegal Mining Spreads

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Costa Rica is facing one of its most difficult environmental and security tests in years as illegal gold mining spreads through Crucitas, a remote...
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Costa Rica Camera Traps Capture Wild Fish Hunt in Guanacaste

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I’ve been interested in wildlife my entire life. If younger me knew what I was up to these days, playing with camera traps in...
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Guanacaste Faces One of Its Worst Droughts as Rain Hits Much of Costa Rica

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Guanacaste is facing one of its worst drought situations in years, even as much of Costa Rica deals with heavy rain, saturated soils and...
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Costa Rica Studies Find Microplastics in Beaches, Fish, Livestock and Poultry

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Costa Rica’s microplastics problem is no longer limited to plastic bottles, bags, and debris washing up on beaches. Local research has found tiny plastic...
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Sargassum Arrivals Break Records in Costa Rica’s Caribbean

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The Center for Marine Science and Limnology Research (Cimar-UCR) reported that sargassum is breaking arrival records in Costa Rica’s Caribbean region. Cimar researchers Cindy...
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La Carpio Shows Signs of Change After Years Marked by Poverty

Years ago the name La Carpio stood for extreme poverty, homes made of corregated metal and recycled wood, and high crime. That's all changed....
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Costa Rica Rolls Out National Strategy to Stop Wildlife Electrocutions

Costa Rica is moving to give national force to a strategy aimed at reducing one of its most persistent threats to wildlife: electrocution on...
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Costa Rica Prepares for Severe El Niño as Water, Power and Tourism Face Pressure

Costa Rica is preparing for a difficult El Niño cycle that could put pressure on water supplies, electricity costs and tourism services in some...
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Costa Rica’s Humpback Whale Season Begins on the Pacific Coast

Few wildlife encounters rival the sight of a humpback whale breaching from warm tropical waters, and Costa Rica has quietly become one of the...
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