Costa Rica is a country located in the Central America, bordering both the Caribbean Sea in the north-east and the North Pacific Ocean in the south-west, between Nicaragua and Panama. 51,100 km?
Coastal plains separated by rugged mountains including over 100 volcanic cones, of which several are major volcanoes. It has got its independence from Spain on September 15, 1821.

Why Costa Rica is being considered as green community?

A country like Costa Rica which  had pioneered the concept of ecotourism in Latin America, it really deserves the reputation of green community . Nearly 30% of the country has been designated as national park or reserve almost 95% of the nation?s energy needs come from local renewable resources In addition to major policies, Costa Ricans take steps every day to preserve their environment, starting in their own backyards. Costa Rica has passed from 1987 with a forest cover 21%  to 52 % in 2005. That is due to the policy that the government has been placed to encourage people to practice reforestation, preserve environment through some price that they give people who win.

How it becomes Green community?

??The Costa Rican Electricity Institute (ICE), the government power monopoly, provides service on a sliding scale – the less energy you consume, the lower your rate per-kilowatt hour. This system provides financial incentive to reduce consumption, and Costa Ricans have developed efficient ways to do this, from on-demand showerheads to disconnecting devices when not in use. In 2008, ICE began a campaign to replace incandescent bulbs with compact fluorescent light bulbs (CFLs). A substitution of just 750,000 CFLs would result in a total reduction of 30 MW, or $34,000 per year, in electricity costs. To further this goal, ICE continues to offer customers free and reduced-cost CFL bulbs??. In an attempt to go entirely carbon neutral by 2021, the country initiated a massive reforestation program to help offset emissions. Millions of trees have been planted every year in the hopes that they will absorb enough carbon dioxide to cancel out toxic greenhouse gases.

Considering the long-term effects of protecting the local environment, MINAET(the Ministry of Environment, Energy and Telecommunications) also made a decision to reward landowners who preserve their lands. Those who choose to designate acreage as private reserve or wildlife refuge are compensated financially, since their land donation helps maintain watersheds and natural beauty – and in turn benefits local industries, such as fishing and tourism. The government taxes carbon emissions, providing further incentive for companies to reduce their carbon footprint.

The government of Costa Rica has taken a policy which defines like below:

- Setting the goal of being carbon neutral by 2021

– 25% of the land is protected forests and reserves

– Made the list of top 20 highest biodiversity in the world with 500,000 species

– Implemented a carbon tax paying $65 a hectare for not cutting down trees

– 90% of its energy comes from renewable sources

– Prohibits recreational hunting

– Designates beaches with Ecological Blue Flags if the water and sewage ranks very