Costa Rica gets back to nature after decades of deforestation

Costa Rica gets back to nature after decades of deforestation

Paying farmers to swap cattle for conservation has helped sway the balance in biodiversity’s favour

Our small boat motored almost silently along the river that ran in a serpentine path through the rich rainforest of the Tortuguero national park on Costa Ricas Caribbean coast. Monkeys, sloths and a … [+8442 chars]