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Here are six tropical foods and spices that grow in Costa Rica that you definitely know but probably have never seen au naturel.

In the south-central tropics of Costa Rica, one of the world's most unique and rare jewels is being harvested. Only one destination produces such...

Here are six tropical foods and spices that grow in Costa Rica that you definitely know but probably have never seen au naturel.

The Plant Health Department (SFE) of Costa Rica knew the levels of bromacil in the water of Río Cuarto (canton of Alajuela) since 2015. Despite having the information, the data wasn't shared with other authorities until 2016 and wasn't known publicly until 2018.

MINAE has suspended a project that could have permanently damaged the Térraba-Sierpe National Wetlands in the country's Southern Zone. 

A recent resolution revives a pineapple project in an important area from an environmental and cultural point of view

The Environmental Technical Secretariat asked for the demarcation of all wetland areas inside the property before any type of work on the pineapple project continues.

An Environment Ministry report recommends to halt all work on the farmlands until measures are taken to protect wetlands and other protected areas.

Costa Rica's high court has once again denied the right of local governments to declare a moratorium on pineapple production within their jurisdictions, this time in the northern border municipality of Los Chiles.

Flooding in the Caribbean has washed out fields of two of Costa Rica’s most important agricultural exports. Banana and pineapple producers are still trying to get a handle on the damage caused by heavy rains and flooding last week that cut off exporters from ports and damaged fields, business leaders told The Tico Times on Wednesday.