Ivana.Capozza@oecd.org

1. Launch event
Ivana Capozza, OECD Environment Directorate
6 October 2023, San Jose
Biodiversity conservation
and sustainable use
in Costa Rica

2. 15 billion USD/year
More than 20% of GDP

7. Sources: ICT (2021), Visitas de residentes y no residentes a las áreassilvestres protegidas. SINAC (2021), Presupuesto SINAC. .
Review entrance fee and extend use of concessions

8. Sources: ICT (2022), Plan Nacional de Turismo de Costa Rica 2022-2027.
Address land-use and coastal planning weaknesses

9. Source: FAO (2023), FAOSTAT Land Use (database); FAO (2023); FAOSTAT Pesticides Use (database); FAO (2023), FAOSTAT Production (database).
Remove tax exemptions for agrochemicals; implement the new
pesticide regulation

10. Sources: OECD (2023), "Fisheries: Fisheries support estimates", OECD Agriculture Statistics (database), https://doi.org/10.1787/ade64fdc-en.
Replace support to fishing fuel with targeted benefits for
vulnerable fishermen

11. National
Biodiversity
Strategy
2016 - 2025
Update the
strategy for better
coherence,
effectiveness &
mainstreaming

12. Thank you | Gracias
Contacts
Head of Division: Nathalie Girouard Nathalie.Girouard@oecd.org
Report Co-ordinator: Ivana Capozza Ivana.Capozza@oecd.org
Communications: Natasha Cline-Thomas Natasha.Cline-Thomas@oecd.org