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National
Strategy for the Conservation and Sustainable Use of
Biodiversity
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PART II
2.1 Strategic Framework
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The strategic framework described
below is the result of the integration of proposals from
each Conservation Area and the national consultation. It
establishes the orientation that should be given to the
issues of conservation, sustainable use and the distribution
of the associated costs and benefits.
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VISION
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The
country’s biodiversity is protected, known, and used
in a sustainable manner on the part of Costa Rican society,
in such a way as to improve people’s quality of life.
To this end, the costs and benefits derived from their biodiversity
conservation and use are integrated and are shared equitably.
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MISSION
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The
Costa Rican State, through the Ministry of the Environment
and Energy, will coordinate the efforts of the different
social and economic sectors to achieve the national objectives
related to conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity,
promoting joint actions and strategic alliances at local,
regional, national and international level.
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VALUES
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Participation:
effective participation by each and every Costa Rican
in the conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity.
Justice
and Equity: among social, ethnic, gender
and generational groups.
Responsibility:
assumed by each of the actors involved in the
management of our biological
wealth as the heritage of present and future generations.
Respect:
for all forms of life and the different forms of
knowledge and sustainable use of biodiversity generated
and transmitted through the generations.
Commitment:
to conservation and sustainable use.
Solidarity:
in the benefits and costs sharing of the biodiversity’s
conservation and sustainable use.
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Conserve and
use the country’s biodiversity in a just and equitable
manner.
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