Costa Rican protests over pineapple expansion

Environmental groups demonstrated Monday in San José, Costa Rica, against a permit for pineapple farming granted to a local subsidiary of the transnational company Del Monte in the Southern Pacific region.

Opponents of the permit claim that the new 602-hectare area is too close to various protected areas, including the Térraba Sierpe wetland and four archaeological sites recognized as World Heritage by Unesco.

Source: Tico Times