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...conscious Costa Rica comes...
Just 10 years ago, visitors to Costa Rica consisted largely of adventurous shoestring backpackers and wave-hungry surfers who stretched their beer money by holing up in cheap dives. It's not difficult to see what attracted those hardy travelers. Jagged, high-altitude cloud forest inland...
...Costa Rica is coming of age--and grappling with new challenges to the environment that has fueled its growth. As word about its staggering natural beauty has slipped out, the country has become one of the world's leading eco-destinations, attracting a million visitors a year. With this boom, upscale resorts are establishing beachheads up and down the Pacific Coast, offering championship golf courses, world-class restaurants and plenty of spas. But as hotels and other tourism businesses increasingly set up shop in remote and pristine areas, the government--which lacks the resources for effective enforcement--is facing issues...
...hard for Congress to look the other way." But retailers contend the law would do nothing to control contamination or pesticides, much less bioterrorism. And, they say, it would cause chaos in the grocery aisles. Should stores be fined $10,000 if a clerk tosses bananas from Costa Rica under a shelf tag reading ECUADOR? Should the same ocean-caught fish be labeled NORWEGIAN or AMERICAN, depending on the flag of the ship? And what's a consumer to make of hamburger that contains beef bred in Canada, fattened in the U.S. and ground up with Australian trimmings...
...larger number of electives, will allow her to support her interest in environmental issues by taking courses on the economics of the environment and science courses on climate change and environmental engineering (counting toward her physical science general education requirement). A January term might be used to travel to Costa Rica with a Harvard course on biodiversity. As a senior, she might enroll in a seminar on global warming, collaborating on a group project with classmates who are completing their concentrations in economics, history and science, biology and environmental science and public policy. And throughout her four years...