In this edition

• Reef monitoring stations detect nutrient surge in coastal waters

  The Costa Mar Reef Monitoring Network has recorded a sharp rise in nitrogen and phosphorus levels across the peninsula's primary reef systems.

  Mateo Reyes · 1,087 words

• Why Costa Mar's tourism and conservation budgets are colliding

  A federal funding debate is forcing the region to choose between marketing its beaches and protecting the ecosystems that draw visitors.

  Mateo Reyes · 1,089 words

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Climate

Tropical, with a rainy season from May to November.

Coastal peninsula with rainforests — Caribbean beaches, Pacific coast, cloud forests, seventy percent protected territory.

Economy

Eco-tourism, renewable energy (one hundred percent hydroelectric grid), exports of marine and forest produce.

Caribbean and Central American blend, intense biodiversity awareness, and an unhurried public life lived close to the ocean.

Recent headlines from this bureau

• Why Costa Mar's tourism and conservation budgets are colliding
• Reef monitoring stations detect nutrient surge in coastal waters
• Reservoir levels hold steady as dry season deepens
• Captains fear foreign trawlers are stripping Costa Mar's waters
• Costa Mar reopens inquiry into 2024 grounding that damaged reef
• A captain's arithmetic: fuel, quota, and survival
• Fuel costs squeeze Costa Mar's small-boat captains to the breaking point
• Costa Mar moves against fake luxury goods in tourist zones