Posts Tagged ‘Costa Rica’
Produce Live Video in Costa Rica
The Florida International Teaching Zoo and Project Green Jungle are looking for a professional production crew that is in, or willing to work in Costa Rica producing an online conservation series with live video feeds and interaction with our audience. We are looking to [Read More]
Border Crossing Problems in Panama/Costa Rica
Travelers on their way to Panama are in for some added headaches. The Border crossing in Sixaola, on the Caribbean Coast of Costa Rica is one of a reported 11 sites where local banana plantation workers are striking and erecting barricades. [Read More]
Lionfish Eradication Techniques
Take part in a live conversation about our techniques, or let us know what your techniques are. We are looking to spread different ideas and ways of eradicating these fish from their unnative waters. [Read More]
Lionfish Eradication update, June 2010
Currently we are working on developing a program which will utilize commercial support (restaurants) to assist Project Green Jungle and our partner organizations in this eradication program. Please stay tuned for our tutorial on how we dispatch and prepare animals for the [Read More]
Confirmed Lionfish Populations in Costa Rica
The waters have been flat, and the seas have been like glass, so the last week and a half I have put a lot of time in the water, averaging 4-5 hours of water time per day,and I have gone out 6 times. In those six times I snorkeled four sections of the local reefs around [Read More]
Frog Breeding Project Approved by Indigenous Council
A major landmark has been reached by Project Green Jungle and our partners on the Indigenous reservation. We have received word that our project will be supported by the Bribri Tribal Council. This means that we have the support of the elders in our sustainable revenue [Read More]
Red Dart Frog Video
Poison Dart Frogs are all around us down here in Costa Rica. This video shows you what it can be like for these little frogs to survive and reproduce. Currently we are working on a mapping project right now with a team from Germany known a [Read More]
Earth Day Costa Rica Pledge
The Caribbean Coast of Costa Rica is one of the last frontiers of this beautiful Country. It is also the poorest region per capita as well as the area with the least infrastructure. [Read More]
Earth Day Beach Cleanup
This past saturday, student, tourist, and local volunteer groups came together at Playa Cocles in Costa Rica and cleaned the beaches and Beach [Read More]
What are Pesticides, and How are They Absorbed in Our Environment
The term "pesticide" is a composite term that includes all chemicals that are used to kill or control pests. In agriculture, this includes herbicides (weeds), insecticides (insects), fungicides (fungi), nematocides (nematodes), and rodenticides (vertebrate poisons). [Read More]
