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Solutions Journalism

What happens when surfing includes everyone?

It all started with a school desk. But not in a classroom. Michael Castro Arias was 11 years old, walking along the beach one day...

Costa Rican parathletes: colossal talent that so many overlook

"I grew up with no problem, my parents raised me with a mentality that there was nothing wrong with me," says Camilla Haase, a...

Cervical cancer: 100% preventable, but surrounded by stigma

“But mom, people with cancer die.” That’s what Ismael, eight years old, told his mother, Arelys Badilla Bosa, when he heard her say that they...

Did you know that death from colorectal cancer is almost 100% preventable?

"Colorectal cancer has significantly increased its incidence and mortality in recent years, with an 83% increase for men. Measures must be taken to reverse...

What do men fear more: a rectal examination, or prostate cancer?

In a routine visit to the Marcial Fallas Clinic around 2007, Manuel Cortés Valverde told the doctor that he was going to develop prostate...

What does it take to get a mammogram in Costa Rica?

Doña María Elena Quirós is 68 years old and loves to watch videos of cats and dogs on Tik Tok. They make her laugh....

Marino Ballena: where the pandemic opened doors

It is the third most visited national park in Costa Rica; the economies of its neighboring communities are 95% dependent on tourism. However, when...

How San Lucas Island was reborn

In 2020, San Lucas Island became Costa Rica's 30th national park. What benefits has this brought to the protected area and surrounding communities?

Chirripó and its 13 guardians

Talking about Chirripó National Park always involves some numbers. The best known are 3,821, the number of meters above sea level of the towering...

Ostional, challenging conservation paradigms since 1987

The research that has been carried out in Ostional since the 1970s has included a continuous analysis of whether the controlled extraction of eggs carried out by the community is detrimental to the species. El Colectivo 506 also wants to know, but above all to understand this community-conservation symbiosis that continues to challenge the conservation paradigm.
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Guaranteeing water access isn’t easy. ASADAs show that it’s possible

“It makes me feel very proud because it's a little treasure that's now protected,” says Karina Villalobos. She’s referring to a plot of a...
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