Environmental Law in Costa Rica

Maintaining a country as naturally endowed and beautiful like Costa Rica does not happen by mere wishing, there has to be some deliberate measures put in place to conserve its natural beauty. This is what the environmental law framework in Costa Rica does. To achieve the above aim, several bodies and institutions have been set up by the General Environmental Law, Law 7554 of 1995. The law is a broader offshoot of the right to an healthy and ecologically balanced environment provided for in Art. 50 of the Country's Constitution. Article 1 & 2 reiterates the fact that the environment is...

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