{"id":24067,"date":"2024-06-02T10:22:57","date_gmt":"2024-06-02T10:22:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.spekglad.com\/ALVAROUMANA\/?page_id=24067"},"modified":"2025-01-13T18:31:53","modified_gmt":"2025-01-13T18:31:53","slug":"reversing-deforestation-in-costa-rica","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.alvaroumana.com\/es\/reversing-deforestation-in-costa-rica\/","title":{"rendered":"Revirtiendo la deforestaci\u00f3n en Costa Rica"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"l-section wpb_row align_center height_huge color_primary with_img\"><div class=\"l-section-img lazyload\" role=\"img\" data-img-width=\"2560\" data-img-height=\"1704\" style=\"background-image:inherit;background-position: top right;\" data-bg-image=\"url(https:\/\/www.alvaroumana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Copia-de-KIN_6633-1-scaled.jpg)\"><\/div><div class=\"l-section-overlay\" style=\"background:rgba(0,0,0,0.4)\"><\/div><div class=\"l-section-h i-cf\"><div class=\"g-cols vc_row via_grid cols_1 laptops-cols_inherit tablets-cols_inherit mobiles-cols_1 valign_top type_default stacking_default\"><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><h1 class=\"w-text us_custom_ea3da4e3\"><span class=\"w-text-h\"><span class=\"w-text-value\">Revirtiendo la deforestaci\u00f3n en Costa Rica<\/span><\/span><\/h1><div class=\"w-separator size_small\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section><section class=\"l-section wpb_row height_small\" id=\"simple\"><div class=\"l-section-h i-cf\"><div class=\"g-cols vc_row via_grid cols_5-1 laptops-cols_inherit tablets-cols_inherit mobiles-cols_1 valign_middle type_default stacking_default\"><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container us_custom_7e20fa79 us_animate_this\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_text_column\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Perdiendo el 1% de nuestros bosques cada a\u00f1o<br \/>\n<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A un ritmo alarmante de aproximadamente el 1% por a\u00f1o, la deforestaci\u00f3n en Costa Rica fue muy r\u00e1pida a mediados del siglo XX.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">De un 75% de cobertura forestal en la d\u00e9cada de 1940, pasamos a menos del 30% en 1989. La principal causa de esto fue que las \u00e1reas boscosas tuvieron que ceder espacio para la agricultura y la ganader\u00eda. Este proceso fue tan r\u00e1pido que Costa Rica tuvo una de las tasas de deforestaci\u00f3n m\u00e1s altas del mundo. Si hubi\u00e9ramos continuado a este ritmo, no habr\u00eda quedado ning\u00fan bosque para 2015.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cuando asum\u00ed mi rol como el <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">primer ministro <a href=\"https:\/\/www.alvaroumana.com\/es\/creation-of-ministry-of-environment-and-energy\/\">de Ambiente y Energ\u00eda del pais<\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> En 1986, sab\u00eda que ten\u00edamos que actuar r\u00e1pido y de manera efectiva para salvar nuestros bosques. \u00a1Afortunadamente, pudimos hacerlo! Hoy, los bosques de Costa Rica cubren el 58% de la superficie terrestre <\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"w-image align_none\"><div class=\"w-image-h\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"703\" height=\"1024\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.alvaroumana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/forest-cover-costa-rica-map.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large lazyload\" alt=\"\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.alvaroumana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/forest-cover-costa-rica-map.jpeg 703w, https:\/\/www.alvaroumana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/forest-cover-costa-rica-map-206x300.jpeg 206w\" data-sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 703px) 100vw, 703px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 703px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 703\/1024;\" \/><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section><section class=\"l-section wpb_row align_center height_small color_primary\"><div class=\"l-section-overlay\" style=\"background:rgba(0,0,0,0.4)\"><\/div><div class=\"l-section-h i-cf\"><div class=\"g-cols vc_row via_grid cols_1 laptops-cols_inherit tablets-cols_inherit mobiles-cols_1 valign_top type_boxes stacking_default\"><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container stretched\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_text_column\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><h3 style=\"text-align: left;\">La deforestaci\u00f3n en pleno auge en 1973<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Impulsada por la demanda de madera industrial y la expansi\u00f3n de la agricultura, la cobertura forestal se desplom\u00f3 del 75% al 40% entre 1940 y 1977. Un documental de 1973 del Ministerio de Cultura destac\u00f3 esta crisis y la lenta respuesta de las instituciones estatales.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"w-video align_none ratio_16x9 has_iframe\"><div class=\"w-video-h\"><iframe title=\"Reproductor de video de YouTube\" data-src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/berX_XU5j70?autoplay=1&controls=1&origin=https:\/\/www.alvaroumana.com\/es&loop=0&mute=1\" allowfullscreen=\"1\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" class=\"lazyload\" data-load-mode=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div><div class=\"w-video-icon\" style=\"font-size:1.5rem;background:rgba(0,0,0,0.5);color:#fff\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section><section class=\"l-section wpb_row height_small\" id=\"simple\"><div class=\"l-section-h i-cf\"><div class=\"g-cols vc_row via_grid cols_1 laptops-cols_inherit tablets-cols_inherit mobiles-cols_1 valign_middle type_default stacking_default\"><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container us_custom_7e20fa79 us_animate_this\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_text_column\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><h3>C\u00f3mo regresamos al 58% de cobertura forestal<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00bfC\u00f3mo logr\u00f3 Costa Rica revertir la deforestaci\u00f3n? Para cuando asum\u00ed mi cargo como primer ministro del MINAE en 1986, Costa Rica ya hab\u00eda comenzado a implementar esfuerzos para revertir la deforestaci\u00f3n desenfrenada. Una serie de pol\u00edticas, incluyendo <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">incentivos fiscales para la reforestaci\u00f3n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> y pr\u00e9stamos suaves, hab\u00edan fracasado (<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">lee aqu\u00ed por qu\u00e9<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Con estas lecciones aprendidas, era el momento de implementar una serie de reformas clave. Las iniciativas principales fueron:<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cambiar nuestra prioridad de reforestaci\u00f3n a la preservaci\u00f3n de los bosques existentes<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Otorgar valor econ\u00f3mico al bosque con incentivos para la protecci\u00f3n forestal<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Implementar regulaciones estrictas para prohibir el cambio de uso del suelo en \u00e1reas forestales<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Colaborar con peque\u00f1os propietarios y organizaciones campesinas para amplificar nuestro impacto<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ampliar el sistema de reservas p\u00fablicas y privadas para salvaguardar los ecosistemas cr\u00edticos<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Con todos estos esfuerzos combinados, no solo logramos frenar la deforestaci\u00f3n, sino revertirla por completo. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Las pol\u00edticas que implementamos sentaron las bases para lo que m\u00e1s tarde se conoci\u00f3 como Pago por Servicios Ambientales (PSA), que ha recibido reconocimiento mundial y ha sido adoptado por muchos otros pa\u00edses.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section><section class=\"l-section wpb_row height_small\" id=\"simple\"><div class=\"l-section-h i-cf\"><div class=\"g-cols vc_row via_grid cols_1 laptops-cols_inherit tablets-cols_inherit mobiles-cols_1 valign_middle type_default stacking_default\"><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container us_custom_7e20fa79 us_animate_this\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_text_column\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><h3>C\u00f3mo financi\u00f3 Costa Rica la reforestaci\u00f3n<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Para tener una oportunidad de superar nuestro enorme desaf\u00edo de revertir la deforestaci\u00f3n, sab\u00eda que necesit\u00e1bamos formas nuevas y creativas de financiar nuestras ambiciones. Una de nuestras iniciativas m\u00e1s innovadoras fue la implementaci\u00f3n de <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alvaroumana.com\/es\/debt-for-nature-swaps\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">canje de deuda para la conservaci\u00f3n<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">La idea original de intentar utilizar la deuda para la protecci\u00f3n ambiental vino de mi amigo Dr. Tom Lovejoy, vicepresidente de WWF, pero no se hab\u00eda intentado, salvo por un acuerdo inicial de $100,000 en Bolivia organizado por Conservation International. Bajo mi liderazgo, Costa Rica fue el primer pa\u00eds en dise\u00f1ar e implementar un programa real.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Logr\u00e9 convencer a los Pa\u00edses Bajos para que fueran el primer pa\u00eds en unirse. Su apoyo fue crucial para iniciar nuestra transici\u00f3n hacia nuestro nuevo sistema de incentivos forestales. M\u00e1s adelante, nuestro programa fue financiado completamente por subvenciones y pr\u00e9stamos internacionales, antes de que el gobierno de Costa Rica pudiera financiarlo principalmente mediante la implementaci\u00f3n de un impuesto al combustible del 3.5%. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.alvaroumana.com\/es\/debt-for-nature-swaps\/\">Lee m\u00e1s sobre los canje de deuda por naturaleza.<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section><section class=\"l-section wpb_row height_small\" id=\"simple\"><div class=\"l-section-h i-cf\"><div class=\"g-cols vc_row via_grid cols_1 laptops-cols_inherit tablets-cols_inherit mobiles-cols_1 valign_middle type_default stacking_default\"><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container us_custom_7e20fa79 us_animate_this\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_text_column\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><h3>Inspiring other countries &amp; generations<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Nuestros esfuerzos incansables por revertir la deforestaci\u00f3n no han pasado desapercibidos. En 2019, las Naciones Unidas honraron a Costa Rica como <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.unep.org\/championsofearth\/laureates\/2019\/costa-rica\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Campeones de la Tierra<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> y en 2021, fuimos galardonados con el prestigioso <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/earthshotprize.org\/winners-finalists\/costa-rica\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Earthshot Prize<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> por nuestras pol\u00edticas pioneras que han llevado al renacimiento del bosque.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Espero sinceramente que el viaje de Costa Rica para revertir la deforestaci\u00f3n sirva como un ejemplo poderoso de lo que es posible cuando la visi\u00f3n, el liderazgo y la acci\u00f3n colectiva convergen. Al priorizar el cuidado del medio ambiente y adoptar soluciones innovadoras, hemos transformado a nuestra naci\u00f3n en un faro de esperanza para la sociedad mundial. Demuestra que es posible construir un futuro m\u00e1s sostenible y resiliente para las generaciones venideras.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section><section class=\"l-section wpb_row height_large color_primary\"><div class=\"l-section-h i-cf\"><div class=\"g-cols vc_row via_grid cols_2 laptops-cols_inherit tablets-cols_inherit mobiles-cols_1 valign_top type_default stacking_default\"><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container us_custom_60e9caca us_animate_this\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"w-actionbox color_primary controls_right\"><div class=\"w-actionbox-text\"><h3 class=\"w-actionbox-title\">\u00bfQuieres leer m\u00e1s sobre esto?<\/h3><div class=\"w-actionbox-description\"><p>Haz clic en los botones para ver publicaciones relevantes sobre este tema.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"w-btn-wrapper align_none\"><a class=\"w-btn us-btn-style_2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2020\/07\/27\/americas\/reforestation-costa-rica-c2e-spc \"><span class=\"w-btn-label\">CNN: Call to Earth<\/span><\/a><\/div><div class=\"w-btn-wrapper align_none\"><a class=\"w-btn us-btn-style_2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/1989\/02\/08\/business\/economic-scene-saving-the-forest-in-costa-rica.html \"><span class=\"w-btn-label\">NY TIMES: Saving the rainforest<\/span><\/a><\/div><div class=\"w-btn-wrapper align_none\"><a class=\"w-btn us-btn-style_2\" href=\"https:\/\/earthshotprize.org\/winners-finalists\/costa-rica\/ \"><span class=\"w-btn-label\">EARTH SHOT PRIZE<\/span><\/a><\/div><div class=\"w-btn-wrapper align_none\"><a class=\"w-btn us-btn-style_2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.unep.org\/championsofearth\/laureates\/2019\/costa-rica \"><span class=\"w-btn-label\">UNEP: Champions of the earth<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section><section class=\"l-section wpb_row align_center height_huge color_primary with_img\"><div class=\"l-section-img lazyload\" role=\"img\" data-img-width=\"1920\" data-img-height=\"1080\" style=\"background-image:inherit;\" data-bg-image=\"url(https:\/\/www.alvaroumana.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Alvaro-Home-Slider.jpg)\"><\/div><div class=\"l-section-overlay\" style=\"background:rgba(0,0,0,0.4)\"><\/div><div class=\"l-section-h i-cf\"><div class=\"g-cols vc_row via_grid cols_1 laptops-cols_inherit tablets-cols_inherit mobiles-cols_1 valign_top type_default stacking_default\"><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><h3 class=\"w-text us_custom_ea3da4e3\"><span class=\"w-text-h\"><span class=\"w-text-value\">Lee mis otras historias<\/span><\/span><\/h3><div class=\"g-cols wpb_row via_grid cols_2 laptops-cols_inherit tablets-cols_inherit mobiles-cols_1 valign_top type_default stacking_default\" style=\"--gap:3rem;\"><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"w-iconbox iconpos_left style_default color_contrast align_left\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alvaroumana.com\/es\/creation-of-ministry-of-environment-and-energy\/\" class=\"w-iconbox-link\" aria-label=\"Creaci\u00f3n del Ministerio de Ambiente y Energ\u00eda\"><div class=\"w-iconbox-icon\" style=\"font-size:2rem;\"><i class=\"material-icons\">chevron_right<\/i><\/div><\/a><div class=\"w-iconbox-meta\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alvaroumana.com\/es\/creation-of-ministry-of-environment-and-energy\/\" class=\"w-iconbox-link\" aria-label=\"Creaci\u00f3n del Ministerio de Ambiente y Energ\u00eda\"><h4 class=\"w-iconbox-title\" style=\"font-size:20px;\">Creaci\u00f3n del Ministerio de Ambiente y Energ\u00eda<\/h4><\/a><div class=\"w-iconbox-text\"><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Descubre c\u00f3mo Costa Rica fue pionera al otorgarle a la naturaleza poder pol\u00edtico y un puesto a nivel de gabinete.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"w-separator size_small\"><\/div><div class=\"w-iconbox iconpos_left style_default color_contrast align_left\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alvaroumana.com\/es\/creation-of-ministry-of-environment-and-energy\/\" class=\"w-iconbox-link\" aria-label=\"Reorganizaci\u00f3n de Conservaci\u00f3n y Biodiversidad\"><div class=\"w-iconbox-icon\" style=\"font-size:2rem;\"><i class=\"material-icons\">chevron_right<\/i><\/div><\/a><div class=\"w-iconbox-meta\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alvaroumana.com\/es\/creation-of-ministry-of-environment-and-energy\/\" class=\"w-iconbox-link\" aria-label=\"Reorganizaci\u00f3n de Conservaci\u00f3n y Biodiversidad\"><h4 class=\"w-iconbox-title\" style=\"font-size:20px;\">Reorganizaci\u00f3n de Conservaci\u00f3n y Biodiversidad<\/h4><\/a><div class=\"w-iconbox-text\"><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Explora c\u00f3mo Costa Rica reemplaz\u00f3 la visi\u00f3n occidental tradicional de conservaci\u00f3n por un modelo nuevo y pr\u00f3spero.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"w-separator size_small\"><\/div><div 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