By MARIANELA JIMENEZ SAN JOSE, Costa Rica - The U.S. government and environmental groups will trim $26 million off Costa Rica's debt rolls in exchange for the country spending the same amount on tropical forest conservation, according to an agreement reached Wednesday. As part of the U.S.

By MARIANELA JIMENEZ SAN JOSE, Costa Rica - The U.S. government and environmental groups will trim $26 million off Costa Rica's debt rolls in exchange for the country spending the same amount on tropical forest conservation, according to an agreement reached Wednesday. As part of the U.S.

By Fiona Ross It's a world without walls, an endless, noisy darkness. With nothing but mosquito nets to ward off the shrieking, roaring wildlife, I have settled my three young children to bed on their first night in the Costa Rican jungle.

By Daniela Estrada for Tierramrica * SANTIAGO, Jul. 6, 2006 (IPS/GIN) -- Two multimillionaires with investments in southern Chile are supporting an initiative to establish a protected marine refuge there for the world's largest mammal.

SAN JOSE, Costa Rica (Reuters) - Costa Rica's Energy and Environment Minister Carlos Manuel Rodriguez was missing on Friday after disappearing on a trek through a jungle reserve, officials said.