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08/08/2023

19/07/2023

Excelente mensaje. Boulevard de la Avenida Central, costado norte de la Plaza de la Cultura, San José, Costa Rica.

14/09/2022

Uso tradicional de producto arbóreo (forestal) no maderable. Semillas de Enterolobium cyclocarpum.

Una semilla con gran potencial en cocina poco utilizada, y en Guasimo le sacaremos todo el provecho!!👌👌 Orejero ( Enterolobium cyclocarpum)

15/08/2020

The importante of humility (respecting local knowledge) when doing research. / La importancia de la humildad (respeto al conocimiento to local) cuando se investiga.

To save the achoque -- an exotic (and adorable) salamander found in a lake in northern Mexico -- scientists teamed up with an unexpected research partner: a group of nuns called the Sisters of the Immaculate Health. In this delightful talk, science journalist Victoria Gill shares the story of how th...

31/07/2020

As Portlanders and Oregonians, it is not uncommon to encounter references to forestry in our everyday lives. The Timbers soccer team, Stumptown Coffee Roasters, and local hotspots and…

13/04/2020

Mass tree planting could harm the environment if badly planned, a report warns.

19/02/2020

In Costa Rica and everywhere we need environmental education that is objective and forestry friendly. / En Costa Rica y en todas partes necesitamos educación ambiental objetiva y amigable para la forestería.

Everybody loves trees, so why are they so controversial? Patrick Moore untangles the knotty issue of "deforestation" and shows how, from a purely environment...

22/11/2019

SOMETHING ABOUT COSTA RICA. Costa Rica has a landmass of only 0.03% of the Erath's surface. Nevertheless, thanks to ecological tourism projects and biologica...

22/10/2019

Similar lessons I learned from participatory rural forestry/agroforestry development projects.
prohttps://www.ted.com/talks/alasdair_harris_how_a_handful_of_fishing_villages_sparked_a_marine_conservation_revolution?utm_source=recommendation&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=explore&utm_term=newest-talks-3

We need a radically new approach to ocean conservation, says marine biologist Alasdair Harris. In a visionary talk, he lays out a surprising solution to the problem of overfishing that could both revive marine life and rebuild local fisheries -- all by taking less from the ocean. "When we design it....

04/06/2019

https://www.elpais.cr/2019/05/27/costa-rica-alberga-65-de-la-biodiversidad-mundial-asegura-el-pnud/

San José, 27 may (Elpaís.cr).- El Ministerio de Ambiente y Energía (MINAE), y el Programa de las Naciones Unidas para el Desarrollo …

03/06/2019

"Alimentos Desnudos", la campaña en Nueva Zelanda que elimina los envoltorios plásticos de todos los alimentos