Longline Fishery in Costa Rica Kills Thousands of Sea Turtles and Sharks
Email this page October 3rd, 2013 (InsideCostaRica.com) The second-most-common catch on Costa Rica’s longline fisheries in the last decade was not a commercial fish species. It was olive ridley sea turtles. These lines also caught more green turtles than most species of fish. These findings and more, reported in a new study in the Journal of Experimental […]
MINAE restores mining firm’s concession in Abangares
Email this page October 3rd, 2013 (InsideCostaRica.com) The Ministry of Environment and Energy (MINAE) has restored mining company Cemex’s concession to mine limestone in the canton of Abangares in Guanacaste. The company’s concession had been suspended after a complaint filed by the Municipality of Abangares claimed the firm had failed to pay a tax […]
Samara Will Run for a Cleaner Beach and a Better School
Email this page By Laura Ellington / Voz de Guanacaste Running for a better community. That’s the spirit behind the SamaRUN race that will take place on Saturday Octuber 12th at 3 p.m. in Samara Beach. The idea for the SámaRUN Carrera Recreativa (recreational run) de Playa Sámara, was conceived by Karla Montuoro. a local […]
New insect repellent could mean bye-bye to DEET
Email this page October 3rd, 2013 (AFP) Researchers said Wednesday they had discovered four natural mosquito repellents to succeed DEET, a compound whose origins go back to World War II. DEET — the abbreviation for N,N-diethyl-meta-toluamide — was introduced by the US Army in 1946 after troops deployed in the Pacific theatre fell sick from malaria […]
Costa Rica’s forests continue to grow
Email this page The Ministry of Environment expects to reforest 7,500 hectares in 2013 after recovering 48,034 hectares during the past seven years. By Mario Garita / ISH SAN JOSÉ, Costa Rica – The increase in forest cover in Costa Rica is a great step forward for the Central American country in reaching its goal […]
Nicoya Municipality Wants to Establish Environmental Park on Land Purchased for Dump
Email this page By César Blanco Fajardo / Voz de Guanacaste The Municipality of Nicoya will establish an environmental park on 15 hectares that were purchased during the administration of former County mayor Eduardo Gutiérrez to build a much-needed landfill. The reason why the park has been planned, instead of the landfill, is because the land […]
Poachers sending death threats to conservationists in Guanacaste
Email this page September 26th, 2013 (InsideCostaRica.com) Conservationists working to protect sea turtles and their eggs in Nandayure, Guanacaste, are receiving death threats from poachers who plunder turtle eggs from the beach, known in Costa Rica as Hueveros. Erick Lopez from a conservation group known as Pretoma which works in the Caletas Wildlife Refuge […]
Nicaragua volcano erupts with mighty blast
Email this page September 26, 2013 (AFP) – A volcano in Nicaragua erupted Wednesday with a mighty blast and a column of ash, then quieted down again, the government said. No one was hurt but villagers near the Telica volcano in the northwest of the Central American nation were told to remain on alert. The mountain is […]
