Tourism business owners on Wednesday voiced total opposition to a new Environment Ministry (MINAE) decree extending the collection of a 15 percent sales tax to several activities that were previously exempt.
Firefighters quickly extinguished a fire in the Las Baulas National Marine Park Monday night. Approximately half of a hectare of the park’s area was burned, according to park rangers.
One prisoner released last week – a measure a judge ordered to ease overcrowding – has already been rearrested and accused of committing a murder in Puntarenas.
Environment vice minister signs executive decree authorizing park rangers to carry firearms in protected areas and giving rangers higher pay for performing police duties, following murder of turtle conservationist on May 31.
Geothermal energy production in national parks, hydrogen-based technology and liquefied natural gas imports are just three of the issues that Costa Rica has on the table to confront climate change and rising energy demand.
Costa Rica's national parks and protected areas face growing threats from budget shortfalls, surging visitor numbers, and climate shifts, according to a recent report...
While the American military blows up boats it claims are transporting drugs from Venezuela, observers say tankers shipping Venezuelan oil in violation of a...
Panama's government faces mounting pressure to relocate more Indigenous Guna families from low-lying Caribbean islands as sea levels continue to rise, building on the...
