Costa Rica: Costa Rica Environment Profile 2012
2012/03/06
Costa Rica Environment Profile 2012
Public policy does take environmental concerns into account. A substantial 26% of the national territory consists of protected areas, public or private. Since 2000, the amount of forest cover has been increasing. By 2005, 42% of the country was forested. International bodies consider Costa Rican environmental legislation to be innovative, but it is bureaucratically cumbersome to implement and follow.
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