Costa Rica is one of the world leaders in ecotourism; in fact, the Tico Times reports that the first six months of 2008 saw an increase of 12.5 percent (89,178 tourists) over the same period last year. Because of this, Costa Rica is increasingly investing in environmentally friendly practices. In addition to the Payment for [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Environment’
Carbon Sequestration and Reforestation
Posted in Costa Rican Law, tagged Carbon Sequestration, Environment, Reforestation on July 25, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Green Costa Rica
Posted in Costa Rica Real Estate, tagged Conservation, Environment, Land Use on July 17, 2008 | 4 Comments »
Forests provide us with a range of essential goods and services ranging from our most basic needs – food, shelter, clean water, and oxygen – to cultural and recreational joys. However, these ecosystem goods and services are often taken for granted. While the economic value of certain natural products such as timber is reflected through global [...]
Preserving Paradise
Posted in Costa Rica Real Estate, Tourism, tagged Alternative Energy, Environment on July 8, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Costa Rica is, of course, a small country – similar in size to the US state of West Virginia. But its position at the “waistline” between North and South America means that this slender little nation has coasts on two oceans, significant mountains along the continental divide and, consequently, an astonishing variety of natural environments [...]
