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Top Headlines, Top Stories, Environment Top Stories, World Top Stories, World, Politics, Environment, Wildlife, Regions, Central America, Costa Rica 2012-10-18T07:40:28+00:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/jaguar_conservation_gets_a_boost_in_north_and_central_america/?source=rss Jaguar conservation has received a huge boost in the past few months both in Latin America and in the U.S. An historic agreement singed between the world's leading wild cat conservation organization Panthera and the government of Costa Rica in addition to a new U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) proposal bring renewed hope to the efforts to revive the iconic jaguar in its current habitat and return the cats to the American Southwest. Top Headlines, Top Stories, Environment Top Stories, World, Politics, Environment, Wildlife, Regions, Central America, Costa Rica 2012-09-30T22:15:05+00:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/youtube_assembled_orchestra_plays_carnegie_hall_to_sold_out_crowd/?source=rss They came from 33 countries to achieve Internet history and answer the age-old question, "How do you get to Carnegie Hall?" Feel Good, Inspirational Stories, Regions, Central America, Costa Rica, East Asia, China, Japan, North America, United States, California, New York 2009-04-16T10:25:00+00:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/green_gauntlet/?source=rss Costa Rica sets itself 'huge' carbon neutral target World, Politics, Environment, Climate and Energy, Regions, Central America, Costa Rica, Top Stories, Environment Top Stories, World Top Stories 2008-08-11T12:00:00+00:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/regrowing_the_rainforest/?source=rss Half a century after most of Costa Rica's rainforests were cut down, researchers from the Boyce Thompson Institute took on a project that many thought was impossible - restoring a tropical rainforest ecosystem. Environment, Air Quality, Climate and Energy, Forests, Science, Technology, Regions, Central America, Costa Rica, Top Stories, Environment Top Stories, Science Top Stories 2008-04-23T22:35:00+00:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/rare_leatherback_turtles_gain_protection_in_costa_rica/?source=rss As dawn breaks on Playa Grande, the light reveals shallow sand pits where leatherback sea turtles laid their eggs the night before. Environment, Wildlife, Regions, Central America, Costa Rica, Top Stories, Environment Top Stories 2008-03-15T07:29:00+00:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/rain_power_harvesting_energy_from_the_sky/?source=rss Researchers who study energy harvesting see energy all around us – we just need to find a way to capture that energy. One of the latest energy harvesting techniques is converting the mechanical energy from falling raindrops into electricity that can be used to power sensors and other electronics devices. 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Environment, Air Quality, Climate and Energy, Forests, Land, Water, Wildlife, Regions, Asia, Mongolia, Central America, Costa Rica, El Salvador, East Asia, China, Europe, Germany, Portugal, Spain, Middle East, Qatar, Lebanon, United Arab Emirates, Oceania, Australia, Micronesia, South America, Argentina, Chile, Ecuador, South-East Asia, Viet Nam, Top Stories, Environment Top Stories 2007-09-21T09:32:00+00:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/dole_food_company_inc_announces_carbon_neutral_project_in_collaboration_wit/?source=rss Dole Food Company, Inc. today announced that Standard Fruit de Costa Rica, Dole's operating subsidiary in Costa Rica, and Fondo Nacional de Financiamento Forestal (FONAFIFO), the National Forestry Financing Fund and an entity of the Ministry of Environment and Energy of Costa Rica, signed a ground breaking agreement to work together on a project aimed at establishing a carbon neutral product supply chain for bananas and pineapples, from their production in Costa Rica to the markets in North America and Europe. Environment, Air Quality, Climate and Energy, Forests, Business, Regions, Central America, Costa Rica, North America, United States, California, Business Top Stories, Top Stories, Environment Top Stories, USA Top Stories 2007-08-14T11:15:00+00:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/costa_rica_aims_to_win_carbon_neutral_nation_race/?source=rss Green trail-blazer Costa Rica is drawing up plans to cut its net greenhouse gas emissions to zero before 2030, the government said Thursday, and aims to be the first nation to offset all its carbon. Top Headlines, Top Stories, Environment Top Stories, Science Top Stories, World Top Stories, World, Politics, Environment, Air Quality, Climate and Energy, Science, Technology, Regions, Central America, Costa Rica 2007-05-26T15:45:00+00:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/follow_a_turtle_race_on_the_web/?source=rss Biologists will switch on satellite trackers strapped to the backs of 11 female leatherback turtles on Monday, starting what conservationists have dubbed the 'Great Turtle Race' to raise awareness of a species threatened with extinction. Environment, Wildlife, Science, Technology, Regions, Central America, Costa Rica, South America, Ecuador, North America, United States, Washington D.C., Top Stories, Environment Top Stories, Science Top Stories, USA Top Stories 2007-04-17T13:06:00+00:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/new_marine_conservation_area_to_span_four_nations/?source=rss The creation of one of the world's largest marine protected areas was announced this week by a consortium of Latin American nations, conservation groups, and United Nations agencies. The new reserve will span 521 million acres (211 million hectares) of ocean, from Costa Rica's Cocos Island to Ecuador's Galapagos Islands and beyond. Environment, Water, Wildlife, Regions, Central America, Costa Rica, Panama, South America, Ecuador 2004-02-29T23:21:01+00:00 http://www.greatnewsnetwork.org/index.php/news/article/costa_rican_rainforest_preserved_by_utah_businessmen_as_conservation_and_ed/?source=rss The Bosque Lluvioso is a rain forest and field exploratory located in central Costa Rica. The Bosque reserve was originally established in 1996 by two Utah businessmen who purchased the core mountain landscape for conservation and education purposes before it was to be deforested by commercial logging plans. While Costa Rica covers barely 0.3% of the earth's land surface, its ecosystems contain between 5-9% of all of the earth's biological species. The Bosque helps expand this protected area in Costa Rica. Environment, Forests, Regions, Central America, Costa Rica 2003-11-07T15:18:00+00:00