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The Project Systematization and Analysis of the Contributions of National Parks and
Biological Reserves to the Economic and Social Development in Costa Rica, Benin and
Bhutan is executed under the Program of South-South Cooperation, financed by the
Kingdom of the Netherlands and administrated by Fundecooperacion.
This project is led by the International Centre for Sustainable Development of Policy
(CINPE) of the Universidad Nacional (UNA) of Costa Rica, which performs the general
coordination. The counterpart in Benin is the Centre pour l'Environnement Béninois et le
Développement Economique et Social (CEBEDES). While in Bhutan is the Division of
Nature Conservation of the Ministry of Agriculture and Forests of the Royal Government
of Bhutan.
The project's general objective is to systematize and analyze the socio-economic
contribution –centralized and decentralized- "of national parks and biological reserves to
the economic and social development of Costa Rica, Bhutan and Benin and make policy
recommendations of management to support policy makers in the management of national
parks and biological reserves.
Rincon de la Vieja National Park (PNRV), which is part of the Guanacaste Conservation
Area (ACG, Site of World Natural Heritage UNESCO), is one of the three case studies
analyzed in Costa Rica. The same one that was selected by a group of experts to meet
various criteria, which place it as a Protected Wildlife Area of priority in terms of water
resources, diversity of landscapes, ecosystems and species, research, potential for energy
generation, generation of environmental services, and national and international relevance,
among others.
The methodology used in the study combines cluster analysis with a dynamics of added
value chain. Where PNRV constitutes the material basis that underpins the existence and
reproduction of diverse socio-economic activities that depend directly and indirectly on
their preservation. These activities report qualitative and quantitative contributions to
various social actors at local, regional, national and international levels.
In an effort to translate these contributions in monetary terms, the search, systematization
and analysis of primary and secondary information allows an approximate estimation of the
contributions of PNRV for 2009. In this regard, the overall contribution of Rincon de la
Vieja National Park is approximately 12.8 billion colones (US$ 23,010,302). This implies
about 282 million colones (US$ 507,810) at the local level. Meanwhile, the regional level
reports an amount close to 2.3 billion colones (US$ 4,169,121), the national level of 2.3
billion colones (US$ 4,258,638), and 7.8 billion colones (US$ 14,074,733 ) at international
level.
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