Building greenways to connect cities, people and nature
Dec 20, 2024 · The cities of San José in Costa Rica and Guangzhou in China have both used nature-positive urban planning to create greenways for their residents. As well as considering …
How Germany and Costa Rica are putting nature at the heart of …
Sep 30, 2020 · He highlights Costa Rica's new + Natura Strategy, which “consists of an umbrella public policy that encompasses all the initiatives of nature-based solutions, including payments …
Costa Rica has doubled its tropical rainforests in just a few …
Jun 13, 2019 · Years of unchecked logging laid waste to two-thirds of Costa Rica’s tree canopy, leaving its tropical rainforests facing an uncertain future. But the trees have returned and the …
Carlos Manuel Rodríguez Echandi - The World Economic Forum
Feb 14, 2022 · Chief Executive Officer and Chairperson, Global Environment Facility, a multilateral trust fund supporting environmental action in developing countries and a financing …
Costa Rica is one of the world's happiest countries. Here's what it ...
Jan 31, 2019 · As a result, Costa Rica is the happiest and most sustainable country on Earth, according to the Happy Planet Index (HPI). This index, which has been published four times …
These are the nature-based solutions cleaning up our roads
Apr 21, 2023 · Sidewalks converted into pollination corridors can support natural fauna, like these in Costa Rica, are nature-based solutions that can help cities play a key role in the global fight …
How Costa Rica made its seas work for fishermen and for sharks
Apr 29, 2024 · Costa Rica is continuing its long history of conservation by expanding its Marine Protected Areas. The negotiations over these zones incorporated the interests of multiple …
Climate finance: What are debt-for-nature swaps and how can …
Apr 26, 2024 · Which countries have debt-for-nature swaps? The first debt-for-nature agreement was signed between US-based environmental non-profit Conservation International and …
How Costa Rica's biodiversity-infrastructure balance makes it a …
May 3, 2022 · Nature plus small-scale infrastructure We found that tourism is highest in zones of Costa Rica where both biodiversity and infrastructure are present and accessible to tourists. …
Costa Rica has run on green energy for 300 days - The World …
Nov 23, 2017 · Nature and Biodiversity Costa Rica has run on green energy for 300 days Nov 23, 2017 This article is published in collaboration with Green Matters