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Costa Rica’s Environment Ministry to hire 150 new park rangers

The Environment Ministry plans to hire 150 new park rangers to strengthen surveillance at Costa Rica's national parks and protected areas.

Man throws religious icons into Costa Rica’s Poás Volcano

Most people visit Costa Rica's volcanoes to admire their beauty, but one man apparently had a different idea.

Costa Rican sets milestone upon reaching summit of Yosemite National Park’s notorious El Capitán alone

Alejandro Soto on Tuesday became the first Costa Rican to climb alone to the summit of El Capitán, an iconic rock formation in Yosemite National Park in the United States, according to media reports. Soto climbed 550 vertical meters over six days along the Zodiac route to reach the peak.

Nearly half of Costa Rica’s Diriá National Park consumed by wildfires

Currently the fires are mostly concentrated in small, isolated burn areas primarily in three sectors. But all three of them are hard to access and very distant from each other.

More than 500 hectares of protected areas destroyed by wildfires this year

Firefighters currently are battling against four wildfires in protected areas in the provinces of Guanacaste, Alajuela and Puntarenas.

Wildfire destroys 5 hectares of Costa Rica’s Palo Verde National Park

Firefighters in the northwestern province of Guanacaste worked until 3 a.m. on Wednesday to extinguish a wildfire that destroyed at least five hectares of Palo Verde National Park. The damaged area is mostly pastureland and secondary forest, park administrator Ulises Chavarría García said.

Police sweep targets criminals operating near Costa Rica’s Manuel Antonio National Park

The joint operation between Tourist Police, Judicial Investigation Police, the Coast Guard and the Health Ministry responded to complaints from businesses and tourists about aggressive unlicensed vendors, rampant drug use and robberies.

National Police arrest 6 hunters inside Palo Verde National Park

Officials of the National System of Conservation Areas last weekend conducted inspections in several protected areas in the northwestern province of Guanacaste, resulting in the arrest of six hunters inside Palo Verde National Park, the agency reported Thursday.

Government, tourism entrepreneurs seek to resolve differences on recent controversial laws

In an ongoing row between tourism business chambers and the administration of President Luis Guillermo Solís, tourism sector leaders on Tuesday evening had the opportunity to voice their complaints in a meeting at Casa Presidencial.

Farmer charged with arson in Palo Verde National Park blaze

Regeneration of burned areas could take up to 20 years.

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