Latest Local News

Below please find the latest news from Costa Rica, and more specifically in the Osa-Golfito region.

INOGO Moves Closer to Sustainability Goals

Published: Thursday, March 15, 2018

Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment
Celebrating the CRUSA Foundation’s 20th Anniversary On Thursday, October 6th the CRUSA Foundation celebrated its 20th Anniversary, as well as the retirement from the board of founders Luis Diego Escalante and Dr. Ana Sittenfeld. The celebration...

Published: Tuesday, November 1, 2016

INOGO Newsletter
Sharing INOGO in Bogotá, Colombia At the presentation of the Plan Maestro de la Orinoquía, INOGO’s Associate Director Emily Arnold Mest was asked to share lessons learned from INOGO. Emily joined the panel entitled “Agriculture and...

Published: Tuesday, November 1, 2016

INOGO Newsletter
December 2015: News & Events   Sustainably Produced Fish On November 13th, students and community members dined on sustainably produced fish in the dining hall of the Guaycará Technical High School as part of a Sustainable Fish...

Published: Wednesday, December 9, 2015

Newsletter XVI
Making a Living, Sustainably

Published: Monday, November 2, 2015

Stanford Woods Institute
September 2015: News & Events   First fish harvest at the CTP de Guaycará, October 2015 Students at the Guaycará Technical high school (CTP) in Río Claro will soon harvest their first fish production from their on-campus hatchery...

Published: Wednesday, September 23, 2015

INOGO Newsletter, No. XV
New species of plants: Costa Rica, one endemic to the Osa Three new species of plants discovered in Costa Rica, one endemic to the Osa After recent fieldwork and further scientific investigation by botanists, Costa Rica now claims three new species of...

Published: Wednesday, September 23, 2015

INOGO Newsletter, No. XV
SELAL II: An Overview Puerto Jimenez, Golfito Canton, Costa Rica. On Friday July 17, 2015, 12 local students from Puerto Jimenez Technical High School (Colegio Técnico Profesional [CTP], in Spanish) graduated from a two-...

Published: Wednesday, September 23, 2015

INOGO Newsletter, No. XV
Collaborations: Wastewater in Osa & Golfito Collaborations yielding positive results On August 14, 2015 members of INOGO and the Central States Water Environment Association (CSWEA) Global Water Stewardship program met with key organizations...

Published: Wednesday, September 23, 2015

inogO Newsletter, No. XV
Social Capital Key to Sustainable Development INOGO’s 1st Peer-Reviewed Journal Publication: Social Capital in Osa and Golfito In Social Capital in Development: Bonds, Bridges, and Links in Osa and Golfito, Costa Rica (Hunt et al. 2015),...

Published: Tuesday, September 22, 2015

INOGO Newsletter, No. XV
August 2015: News & Events   1. Sierpe de Osa Mangrove Festical – July 24, 25, 27 2. Open Water Crossing – Saturday, September 12 3. VII Whale and Dolphin Festival – September 4-6, 12-13, and 19-20 4. Conversatorio - Mega...

Published: Tuesday, August 11, 2015

INOGO Newsletter, No. XIV
Graduation of the First Generation of Caminos de Liderazgo Congratulations to the first graduates of Caminos de Liderazgo! On June 26th in the community of La Palma on the Osa Peninsula, 23 entrepreneurs graduated from the Caminos de Liderazgo** program “...

Published: Tuesday, August 11, 2015

INOGO Newsletter, No. XIV
What is “Youth Leadership?” If asked to picture a “leader”, who do you imagine? Perhaps you see people who have influenced the world by their courageous actions – someone like Mahatma Gandhi or Martin Luther King or even...

Published: Tuesday, August 11, 2015

INOGO Newsletter, No. XIV
Coming Soon: INOGO Mapas 2015 In collaboration with the University of Alabama’s SpecLab, INOGO will be updating INOGO Mapas 2012 with INOGO Mapas 2015. INOGO Mapas 2012 used Rapid Eye satellite imagery to conduct an in-depth...

Published: Tuesday, August 11, 2015

INOGO Newsletter, No. XIV
SELAL II: Youth Environmental Leadership and Language Training, July 2015 INOGO is excited to announce the launch of a second phase of the Stanford Environmental Leadership and Language program (SELAL) in July 2015 with 12th year students at the Technical High School (CTP...

Published: Monday, April 20, 2015

INOGO Newsletter, No. XIII

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