The people and projects shaping a greener Costa Rica: wildlife, oceans, forests, farms, communities and the laws that protect them, checked against the original reports and official sources.
Marine biologist Daniel Arauz of the turtle group CREMA says lights and noise from coastal development have cut sea turtle nesting at busy Pacific beaches like Tamarindo and Santa Teresa, based on his field observations, The Tico Times reported on Oct. 25, 2026. The science behind the warning is well established: artificial light draws hatchlings inland and can deter nesting females, and simple shielding helps.
17 artists released 'Catarata sin Tractor' over land clearing near Montezuma waterfall, which SINAC documented and prosecutors are still investigating.
SINAC inspectors found a dock, a 148-meter walkway and a floating deck partly inside Río Tárcoles protected areas and will refer the case to authorities.
Playa Sámara residents want the filled-in Río Lagarto mangrove restored, and SINAC is seeking a court order to measure the fill and set its boundaries.
SINAC restored Corcovado's Sirena Station to 366 visitors a day on Sept. 17, 2026, after wastewater plant repairs. Here's what changed and what's next.
Sirena, Corcovado National Park, Osa, Puntarenas ·
Thousands of olive ridley turtles nested at Ostional from Sept. 4, 2026, in one of the year's biggest arribadas, followed by a second long event mid-month.
An environmental coalition put Corcovado on 'red alert' in August 2026 after wastewater from Sirena Station reached park streams. Here's what it asked for.
Costa Rica's lawmakers approved a wildlife crossings law on Aug. 4, 2026, and it took effect Sept. 7. Here's what it requires of new and existing roads.
A national campaign launched in July 2026 asks fishers, divers and tour operators to ease pressure on Costa Rica's coral reefs as El Niño heats the sea.
Reserva Conchal in Guanacaste launched a honeybee genetics pilot in May 2026, breeding queens from chosen drones for hives that handle heat and disease.
A short film from BirdnWild and the Corcovado Foundation shows how an Osa village near Corcovado moved from hunting pumas and tapirs to protecting them.
Humane World for Animals and Costa Rica's environmental security commission trained 150 officials in April 2026 to handle wildlife seized from traffickers.
Camera traps at Guanacaste's Horizontes station filmed a ground-cuckoo, an agami heron and green ibises, birds usually tied to wet forest, in dry forest.
Nosara landowners are signing permanent ecological easements to link forest from the hills to the Ostional refuge, in a corridor built on voluntary deals.
Ten white-lipped peccaries were found killed near Costa Rica's Golfo Dulce Forest Reserve in January 2026. Prosecutors are investigating three suspects.
Costa Rica's Constitutional Court told INCOPESCA to ban anchored fish-aggregating devices used in Pacific sport fishing and ordered existing ones removed.