2+ hour, 9+ min ago   (591+ words) Fundación MarViva has published two resources on the Gulf of Nicoya that together make a single argument: the people who have fished, gathered and lived along the gulf for generations should hold real decision-making power over what happens to it,…...

13+ hour, 3+ min ago   (276+ words) The measure is a law to make the National Parks Service Law of 1977 more flexible in cases of natural disaster and imminent danger. It would create exceptions to current prohibitions to permit the removal of soil, rock, sand, gravel and…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (254+ words) Currently unknown numbers of wild animals are illegally pulled from Costa Rica’s forests, rivers and coastlines every year, according to the Attorney General’s Office, and the pipeline moving them has increasingly shifted from backwoods trappers to Facebook sellers and encrypted…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (502+ words) Costa Rica’s Mangroves Face Growing Threats From Pollution and Development The Tico Times COSTA RICA'S LEADING ENGLISH LANGUAGE NEWSPAPER Costa Rica’s Mangroves Face Growing Threats From Pollution and Development Costa Rica’s mangrove forests protect coastal towns, support fishing communities and…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (373+ words) Certain things are guaranteed when camera trapping in Costa Rica. Some things are magnificent, for instance, with enough time and even the smallest patch of forest, you’re going to record an ocelot. Other things are downright infuriating, for example, with…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago   (279+ words) Public vessel-tracking information reviewed after the alert adds an important complication. Global Fishing Watch and commercial tracking services list TUNG HAI 168 as operating under the Costa Rican flag, not the Chinese flag. The vessel is approximately 24 meters (79 feet) long. Those…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago   (230+ words) The challenge was filed by the Asociación Cívica de Hermosa, a community organization based in Playa Hermosa. It argues that the government regulations make it possible to build tourism infrastructure on environmentally sensitive public land without enough legal or scientific…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (248+ words) A piece of land about the size of two tennis courts is being turned into a densely planted urban forest in Curridabat.The project, called Bosque Tacaco, will place approximately 1,540 native plants in a 515-square-meter area, or about 5,540 square feet,…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (294+ words) The warning appears in preventive services report signed on April 14, 2026. It followed a March 5 inspection involving Conavi auditors and the project’s environmental manager. During the visit, the group found that natural overhead wildlife crossings connecting vegetation on opposite sides of…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (446+ words) Around 1,000 agami herons have made a private estate in Guatuso their home, creating an unusual concentration of one of the most elusive heron species found in Costa Rica. Its near the Caño Negro wetlands, the property has become an important…...