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The heavy rains, combined with droughts are the most visible effect of climate change in Costa Rica, Javier Baltodano, member of COECOCEIBA, Friends of the Earth Costa Rica, told Real World Radio. Baltodano said the the main impact of climate change is that the rain patterns have changed substantially, since there are “heavier rains during the rainy season and more intense droughts during the dry season”. “Last year there were record landslides in the mountains because of the heavy rains, many communities were affected, infrastructure was destroyed and some people died because of the heavy rains”, he said.

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