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Plastic Pollution Costs $1.5 Trillion Annually

AFP - August 5, 2025

Costa Rica Urged to Fix Broken Forestry Permit System

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From New Jersey Ponds to Costa Rica’s Mud Turtles: A Wildlife Story

Environment and Wildlife

Costa Rica Court Sanctions Road Official Over Delayed Wildlife Crossings

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Costa Rica Loses Ocean Award Amid Shark Conservation Controversy

Tico Times -

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

Tico Times -

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...

Environment and Wildlife

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

Vincent Losasso -

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....

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Costa Rica’s Piangua Mollusk Threatened by Pineapple Farm Runoff

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Costa Rica’s Térraba-Sierpe National Wetland, a 33,000-hectare haven of mangroves and rivers, is under siege from an unlikely source: pineapple farms. A study by...

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Costa Rica’s Rare Birds at Risk as Human Activity Threatens Extinction

Tico Times -

Costa Rica’s bare-necked umbrellabird, a striking black bird with a red throat pouch and crest, is in trouble. A new study in Nature Ecology...

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Costa Rica’s Cutris Mining Bill Threatens Massive Environmental Damage

Tico Times -

Costa Rica’s government is pushing a controversial bill that could open the entire Cutris district in San Carlos—848 square kilometers—to open-pit gold mining. The...