Sweet City’: the Costa Rica suburb that gave citizenship to bees, plants and trees

From Patrick Greenfield / The Guardian: Curridabat, a city in Costa Rica has extended citizenship to the flora and fauna of the city (most notably pollinators) in order to enhance efforts to create more green spaces and healthier local ecosystems.

Read the original story here.

Issue Areas:

Carbon Usage, Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation

Impact Areas:

Environmental Sustainability

Actors:

Government

Communities Served:

Animals, Nature and the Environment, Urban Communities

Strategies:

Adopting Public Policies and Legislation, Designing Culturally Specific Solutions, Reallocating Government / Public Financing, Regeneration

Success Factors:

Addressing Underlying Issues, Collective Action, Eliminating Barriers, Establishing Social Norms, Overcoming the Big Challenges

Geographic Region:

Latin America and the Caribbean

Countries:

Costa Rica

Date:

April 29, 2020

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