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Revision as of 16:56, 7 January 2015
Costa Rica was cited by the United Nations United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in 2010 as one of the countries that have attained much higher human development than other countries at the same income levels and, in 2011, was highlighted by UNDP for being a good performer on environmental sustainability and having a better record on human development and inequality than the median of their region. It was also the only country to meet all five criteria established to measure environmental sustainability. The country is ranked fifth in the world, and first among the Americas, in terms of the 2012 Environmental Performance Index.
In 2007, the Costa Rican government announced plans for Costa Rica to become the first carbon-neutral country by 2021. The New Economics Foundation (NEF) ranked Costa Rica first in its 2009 Happy Planet Index, and once again in 2012. The NEF also ranked Costa Rica in 2009 as the greenest country in the world. In 2012, Costa Rica became the first country in the American continent to ban recreational hunting after the country’s legislature approved the popular measure by a wide margin.[1]
Sustainability initiatives
Initiatives by topic
Ethical consumerism
wikipedia:Ecotourism in Costa Rica
Food
Solar cooking resources in Costa Rica
Resources
Maps
News and comment
2007
In 2007 Costa Rica planted more than five million trees or 1.25 per person making it the highest per capita planting in the world. [2] December 12
Costa Rica aims to become first "carbon neutral" country. [3] March 12
Interwiki links
Wikipedia: Costa Rica
References
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