Jim East@slrpnk.net to Tree Huggers@slrpnk.netEnglish · 2 days agoThe world’s rainforests are vanishing. In this one country, they’re growing back. | How did Costa Rica beat back deforestation and buck the global trend?www.vox.comexternal-linkmessage-square3linkfedilinkarrow-up134arrow-down11cross-posted to: climate@slrpnk.net
arrow-up133arrow-down1external-linkThe world’s rainforests are vanishing. In this one country, they’re growing back. | How did Costa Rica beat back deforestation and buck the global trend?www.vox.comJim East@slrpnk.net to Tree Huggers@slrpnk.netEnglish · 2 days agomessage-square3linkfedilinkcross-posted to: climate@slrpnk.net
minus-squareCanacondalinkfedilinkarrow-up10·2 days agoWhen I visited I learned that it can take a year for them to approve permits for a new paved road -even in the middle of a town. The highways are all gravel, not paved. They view paved roads as permanent ecological harm that must be mitigated. So mindset.
When I visited I learned that it can take a year for them to approve permits for a new paved road -even in the middle of a town. The highways are all gravel, not paved. They view paved roads as permanent ecological harm that must be mitigated.
So mindset.