Laura Chinchilla Costa Rica Environmental Plan
Our country has a world-renowned leadership in environmental issues. This challenge remains to move from a policy of conservation of natural resources and environmental protection to a focus on sustainability, where prosperity is built on the talent of people and environmental wealth.
Land use planning should be the basis on which to regulate the relationship between human activities and Costa Rican environment. We establish a Land Use and Planning Policy Mainland and Marine, with the participation of different ministries, local governments and autonomous institutions and support of technical and scientific institutions non-governmental civil society.We will strengthen the municipalities, we will create a National Council of the Sea to be rector of the marine area of the Comprehensive Land Management Plan. Promote inclusive governance models for the continental and marine management within which stakeholders can express their opinions and contribute to the development of policies and land management guidelines.
Marine Environment Protection Costa Rica
We will increase the marine area under protection by ensuring their sustainable use and conservation, to give conservation areas of human and financial resources they require, we will propose to the Legislature a comprehensive regulatory body for protection of protected areas as the current is dispersed. Strengthen payment programs for environmental services as carbon sequestration, protection of aquifers and watersheds, biodiversity and scenic beauty. We will solve the biodiversity issue in private biological corridors through the payment of environmental services for conservation.
While we have a water availability of the highest in Latin America this is uneven spatial and temporal reasons, limiting the development of many activities. To ensure supply of regular water supply, treatment, award and administration of water in the country through integrated management of water resources. We will implement the National Plan, AyA strengthen programs, and MINAET SETENA and nurture the necessary regulations. Increase the sewerage network of the GAM and the country’s main urban centers and increasing the installation of treatment systems. Broiled and municipalities will be consolidated into its sewerage activities.We will implement a solution hydrological water demand for irrigation and human consumption to the right bank of river and coastal Tempisque Guanacaste, promote innovative financial systems that encourage good water management practices in the industry and reduce pollutiondischarges.
Our country lacks a clear, unified legislation and infrastructure to prevent pollution. The open dumps, air pollution and emission of industrial gases are points of lag to be controlled and MINAET SETENA. To address the pollution problem comprehensively support the adoption of comprehensive legislation for solid waste management, strengthen and implement strictly the regulations governing gas emissions for mobile and stationary sources, and strengthen the SETENA MINAET for the state to ensure implementation of environmental regulations in the various activities of the territory. Modernize RECOPE to supply clean fuels and biofuels, promote certifications and environmental audits of the domestic industry will continue reforesting (especially degraded soils) to restore forests, soils and offset emissions of greenhouse gas.Modernize and reorganize the mass public transport systems and will continue with efforts to generate power using alternative wind, solar, geothermal and hydro.
The use of the abundant and diverse natural resources create jobs, wealth and prosperity to the population, while protecting the natural wealth. However, although the rate of deforestation has reduced the rate of forest plantation establishment has decreased. The fisheries sector indicators point to overfishing, opencast mining is a sustainable alternative for the development of the country, aspire to more friendly technologies in the mining environment and to maintain development options open.
Focus our efforts on increasing the rate of forest plantation establishment through incentives, sort it by reducing fishing is encouraged overfishing while mariculture and aquaculture, establish a moratorium on mining projects metal surface and comprehensively review the current legislation in that matter.
Our country generates a tiny proportion of global emissions of greenhouse gases (GHGs) but we are vulnerable to climate change impacts for social, geographic and economic. Our priority is to reduce that vulnerability. For this we will post more carbon, strengthen forest cover, this readucirá the amount of carbon in the atmosphere, improving climate, regulating rainfall, retains water in the soil, protect aquifers, stabilize land, reduces the risk of disasters, etc..
Decreasing carbon emissions by increasing the efficiency of the use of polluting fuels and reducing its use, like increasing the production of clean, renewable sources.
Whereas climate change is inevitable we should seek ways to adapt. We will implement measures on the impact on water availability and food to alleviate their impact and we must identify the most vulnerable sites and define strategies for coping.
This page is translated from the original here. The translation is not perfect but enough so you can understand what Laura’s plans are for Costa Rica
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Ms. Chinchilla I will be contacting you if you get elected president of Costa Rica to make sure you will maintain your promise on the Marine environment protection, especially to protect the baulas in Playa Grande.
Le deseo suerte y que si es usted la que triunfa, que el trinfo sea para las baulas.
Just wondering if Costa Rica is going to pay attention to the destruction of their country’s main source of income and that is the animals, forests, beaches, rivers, etc. The average “tico” pollutes without any remorse. Pouring paint into the street drains which then flows into the beach, throwing garbage everywhere. It is the classic “not my problem” attitude. Tico’s expect someone else to clean up their mess. Amazing to see how these people destroy the golden goose that gives this country prosperity. Take away the rainforests and the parks, you end up with a third world country. This citizens have no ambition to excel or improve, so it is no different than any other poor third world country that exploits is natural resources because they are too lazy to make the effort to be responsible for their actions. Sad, this country 30 years ago was a true gem and the people at that time were genuine, today tico’s look at gringos and smile when you face them and then they spit on you when you turn your back. For them it is a passive aggressive behavior that creates a false welcome and gringos are not naive, we see it and some react but most think or say to themselves or others, that Costa Ricans have entitlement issues and literally believe that other people and other country’s should help them pay their bills of their own making. Man I would love to have someone who would pay my bills and not have to struggle working but I will not beg or walk around with my hand out as these people do. I sure would like to see if Laura kept any of her promises for the environment.