How a Nation Famous for Marine Conservation Is Bankrolling Its Own Destruction
2025-12-14
Costa Rica’s fuel subsidies are funding widespread poaching and overfishing in supposedly protected waters. By Johnny Sturgeon In April 2022, a blue and white fishing boat sliced through the protected waters surrounding Costa Rica’s Isla San José at high speed. Its 75-horsepower engine churned the turquoise surface of the GuanacasteContinue Reading