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Costa Rica Wildlife – I Finally Saw a Baird’s Tapir

Vincent Losasso - April 18, 2024

Environment and Wildlife

Forest Fire Rages in Costa Rica’s Lomas de Barbudal Biological Reserve

Environment and Wildlife

Norway Declines Costa Rica’s Request for Oil and Gas Exploration Studies

Environment and Wildlife

Protecting Costa Rica’s Endangered Jabiru: A Call for Community Support

Environment and Wildlife

Discover Costa Rica’s Largest Toucan: The Chestnut-Mandibled Toucan

Vincent Losasso -

Today we meet Costa Rica’s largest species of toucan. The blue-footed, large-beaked, incessant singing chestnut-mandibled toucan. Let’s start with the name game. The chestnut-mandibled toucan...

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Costa Rica’s UCR Pioneers Coffee Waste Reuse for Sustainability

The University of Costa Rica (UCR) designed a system that reuses coffee waste and transforms it into energy. The model seeks to reduce greenhouse...

Environment and Wildlife

Reforestation Initiative Takes Root in Tamarindo, Costa Rica

The Clean Wave Foundation, the Association of Education and Commitment to Integral Social Development (ECODESI), and the Association for Integral Development of Villarreal are...

Environment and Wildlife

Costa Rica’s Poas Volcano Awakens: Ashfall and Gas Emissions Trigger Green Alert

Today, the Poas Volcano experienced one of its most significant ash eruptions in the past five years. As of noon, ash and gas emissions...

Environment and Wildlife

Costa Rica’s Toxic Titan: The Fascinating World of the Giant Toad

Vincent Losasso -

Today we discuss the biggest toad you’ve ever seen, the giant toad. The giant toad is also known as the cane toad in English....

Environment and Wildlife

Costa Rica’s Wildfire Crisis: Chira Island Battling Uncontrolled Blaze

Ileana Fernandez -

Over 286 hectares have been consumed since last Sunday, the 24th, by a forest fire that broke out on Chira Island, located near Puerto...

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Costa Rica, UAE Sign Economic Partnership Agreement

Costa Rica and the United Arab Emirates signed an Economic Partnership Agreement on Trade and Investment. The Minister of Foreign Trade of Costa Rica,...

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Costa Rica Wildlife – I Finally Saw a Baird’s Tapir

In Costa Rica, a land of mostly small creatures, a giant lurks in the shadows. Costa Rica is not Africa, where a huge number...

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Panama Papers Lawyers Face 12-Year Prison Sentence

The Panamanian prosecutor's office asked on Wednesday for 12 years in prison, the maximum penalty for money laundering, for Jürgen Mossack and Ramón Fonseca,...

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