AGP Executive Report
Last update: 4 hours agoAI for public services: Costa Rica signed a collaboration agreement with Google to bring AI tools into education, health, and security as part of the government’s digital transformation push. Urban nature tech: Curridabat is planting Bosque Tacaco, a “pocket forest” using the Miyawaki method with 1,540 native plants across a 515-square-meter site to boost local biodiversity. Education access: The Hummingbird program now delivers live online English lessons to 100 rural schools, pairing remote specialists with in-class support from regular teachers. Marine science: Researchers identified a brand-new octocoral family near Costa Rica’s seamounts, named Laurinque elenya, after deep-sea expeditions off Isla del Coco. Ocean conservation media: A Costa Rican documentary, “Costa Rica, Cradle of Whales,” spotlights why Golfo Dulce draws whales from two hemispheres, using drones and underwater audio. Energy from waste: Poás Bioenergy is turning coffee pulp and pineapple crowns into syngas and other outputs, aiming to cut methane from farm waste while replacing fossil fuel use.
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