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Costa Rica, between the cleanest countries in the world, May 25, 2009 |
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Costa Rica is the fifth cleanest country in the world, according to a
recent publication in the prestigious Forbes magazine, after an
environmental study on 149 countries regarding air and water quality
and natural vitality, among others, done by scientists from Colombia
and Yale Universities.
The Environmental Performance Indicator (EPI) study corresponds to the year 2008.
According to Forbes, the Costa Rican economy is anchored by a robust
ecotourism industry that has benefitted from governmental and private
efforts made to protect the country’s biodiversity.
In addition, the publication highlighted that this index will continue
to improve if it complies with its initiative to become the first
carbon neutral, or C-neutral, nation by 2021.
The Forbes publication also stated that, contrary to what has happened
in other Latin American countries, Costa Rica has been efficient in
avoiding an increase in tree felling, and has also achieved a score of
97 or higher in forest, air pollution, and climate change categories.
This is due to efforts to re-forest part of the land by means of
planting a specific tree species that will be used for commercial
purposes.
Costa Rica is surpassed only by Switzerland (with a rating of 95.5),
Sweden (93.1) and Norway (93.1) tied for second, and Finland (91.4).
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International Trade Shows attended by the Costa Rica Convention Bureau: |
incentiveworks
August 17 & 18 2010
MetroToronto Convent. Centre
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The Motivation Show
Oct. 12 - 14th 2010
Mc Cormick Place, Chicago Illinois
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EIBTM
Nov. 30 th - Dec 2nd 2010
Fira Gran Via, Barcelona, Spain
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