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Girl besides flowers, Environmental tax to maintain forests in Costa Rica - If Not Us Then Who?

A Sustainable Solution

Environmental tax to maintain forests in Costa Rica

Location

Costa Rica

Released

June 2015

Duration

6:32

Tags
  • Biodiversity
  • Costa Rica
  • Indigenous Solutions
  • Participatory-made film
  • Sustainable Agriculture

Imagine communities and land-owners being paid by the government to protect their forests & natural resources? Costa Rica is the only tropical country in the world that has reversed the process of deforestation through a unique fuel tax law that impresses the importance of protecting the environment & helping develop communities.

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