{"id":3634,"date":"2020-08-07T16:37:59","date_gmt":"2020-08-07T16:37:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/biofin.cr\/costa-rica-launches-national-bioeconomy-strategy\/"},"modified":"2021-12-17T20:18:37","modified_gmt":"2021-12-17T20:18:37","slug":"costa-rica-launches-national-bioeconomy-strategy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/biofin.cr\/en\/costa-rica-launches-national-bioeconomy-strategy\/","title":{"rendered":"COSTA RICA LAUNCHES NATIONAL BIOECONOMY STRATEGY"},"content":{"rendered":"
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San Jos\u00e9, Friday, August 7, 2020.<\/em><\/strong> Productive systems face a fourfold challenge in the face of a global economic contraction exacerbated by COVID 19: produce more efficiently or reinvent themselves, maintain value chains that support jobs and livelihoods, while ensuring the sustainable use and rehabilitation of nature facing climate change.<\/p>\n In this context and with the objective of establishing a Costa Rica as an economy based on knowledge, with sustainable production of high added value in all its regions and the fair and equitable use of its biodiversity, the Government of the Republic announced this Friday the National Bioeconomy Strategy.<\/strong><\/p>\n It is an effort of the Ministry of Environment and Energy, the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock, the Ministry of Economy, Industry and Commerce and the Ministry of Science, Technology and Telecommunications (MICITT), as the leader of the initiative. The formulation process had the support of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) for its development, with the financial support of the cooperation program with the Federal Republic of Germany (CEPAL-BMZ \/ GIZ Program) and the contribution from various sectors and experts from the areas of science and technology, both public and private.<\/p>\n The National Bioeconomy Strategy is a framework for integrating public and private proposals, aligning incentives and public investments, and guiding private initiative, articulating various areas related to production and the environment.<\/p>\n The purpose is to make the bioeconomy one of the pillars of the productive transformation of Costa Rica, by promoting innovation, value addition, diversification and sophistication of its economy, applying the principles of the circular bioeconomy and seeking the decarbonization of production and consumption processes.<\/p>\n “The bioeconomy represents a great opportunity to promote regional development, since it serves as a complement to existing productive activities, diversifying them, promoting added value and making them more sustainable, by making responsible use of natural resources and even locally generated waste” , explained the Minister of Science, Technology and Telecommunications, Paola Vega Castillo.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n