Costa Rica Court Orders Urgent Action to Protect Tempisque River Costa Rica’s Constitutional Court has ordered several state agencies and local governments to act together to address the degradation of the Tempisque River, after finding that the official response to sand extraction and environmental damage in the area has been fragmented and insufficient. The ruling stems from an amparo appeal over sand removal in the […] The post Costa Rica Court Orders Urgent Action to Protect Tempisque River appeared first on The Tico Times | Costa Rica News | Travel | Real Estate .