Rural Costa Rican Women Plant Trees to Fight Climate Change
Since 2000, the Quebrada Grande de Pital Women’s Association,has reforested the land nd engaged in initiatives in rural tourism and organic agriculture.
PITAL, Costa Rica , Apr 2 2014 (IPS) – Olga Vargas, a breast cancer survivor, is back in the countryside, working in a forestry programme in the north of Costa Rica aimed at empowering women while at the same time mitigating the effects of climate change.
