‘We’ve Treated it as a Global Waste Dump’: Costa Rica’s President Calls for Action on the Ocean

Inside Climate News · By Teresa Tomassoni · last updated June 12, 2025 – 1:04 AM

Costa Rica has protected 30 percent of its marine territory, and the small Central American country wants more care for the ocean, including a moratorium on deep sea mining.

By Teresa Tomassoni

Costa Rica is helping to shape the global agenda on marine protection and ocean governance this week as co-host, with France, of the 2025 United Nations Ocean Conference in Nice.

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