"I was very impressed with the whole group"

ONEONTA _ A top Costa Rican scientist praised the Oneonta community Monday for thinking globally and acting locally. via Daily Star

"Climate change is the main threat facing humanity and, even so, the world still can't agree to fight this problem"

Costa Rica will plant seven million trees in 2008 to soak up as many greenhouse gas emissions as it produces, in a bid to become the world's first carbon neutral nation, a top official said Monday. via Inside Costa Rica

"Many don't even know how to feed themselves"

Endangered parrots born in captivity reproduce in wild - CNN.com : LA GARITA DE ALAJUELA, Costa Rica -- Endangered scarlet macaws born in captivity are reproducing in the wild for the first time on Costa Rica's ... via Psycho Sensei

Costa Rica's SIGHT OF EMPTINESS Nominated For Two ACAM Awards - May 9, 2008 Costa Rica-based melodic death metallers SIGHT OF EMPTINESS have been nominated in two categories at this year's ACAM Awards , which ... via BlabberMouth.net

"Parlacen urges Costa Rican President Oscar Arias to desist granting that concession to Industrias Infinito S.A., and subject it (for approval) to the Central American Environment and Development"

The Central American Parliament Friday urged Costa Rica to block exploitation of gold near San Juan river, bordering with Nicaragua. via People's Daily Online

"The Costa Rica cost of living provides another incentive for investors and especially retirees. At $2,000/month of income an individual can live very comfortably, and the tax consequences for owning property have remained very low."

Developing Paradise has recently released 10 acres of pristine developed land on the Gulf of Nicoya and is also marketing ocean and mountain view properties for other owners in this exotic locale. via Press Release News From 24-7 Press Re...

Endangered scarlet macaws born in captivity are reproducing in the wild for the first time on Costa Rica's southern Pacific coast.

The ZooAve Center for the Rescue of Endangered Species has released 100 of the birds into the wild in the last decade. But biologists didn't spot offspring until last year, said biologist Laura Fournier.

Since then, they have recorded 22 chicks born in the wild, and four more scarlet macaw couples have laid eggs, Fournier said.

The parrots once occupied all of Costa Rica. But hunting and poaching dramatically cut their population, and they are now found only in two national parks along the coast. Read more

"We ended up giving everything to the orphanage that we visited down there"

Wendy Arendt, a student at the University of Wisconsin Milwaukee, recently was named 2008 Miss Deaf Wisconsin. via Wausau Daily Herald

"There are value judgments, concepts here I don't agree with, so I don't want the name of Costa Rica to appear on it."

Seventeen Latin American governments issued a regional food "emergency" Wednesday at the close of a one-day summit on the food crisis that underscored an ideological split among its participants. via ABS-CBN News

DIPLOMACY: Costa Rican Foreign Minister Bruno Stagni and President Oscar Arias attend a meeting with Chinese diplomats in San Jose on Tuesday. via The Epoch Times