Japan will help Costa Rica to protect wetlands │ costadevelopers.com

The support from the Japanese Government gives the country will its better capabilities for the conservation and management of wetlands.

The Agency of Japan International cooperation (JICA) provides training to personnel of the Vice-Ministry of water and a sea of MINAE on wetland conservation, the first course started in the month of May and consists of the "conservation and sustainable use of the biodiversity of wetland ecosystems in base communities".

"This training gave us tools to encourage the participation of the communities and the development of local plans that facilitate the conservation and rational use of biodiversity of wetland ecosystems", said engineer Jacklyn Rivera Wong, employee of the Vice-Ministry of water and seas of Costa Rica who received the training together with specialists from China, Malaysia and Mexico.

Back at the end of the courses, lessons learned will be reflected in an action plan for the conservation of the RAMSAR sites, this project involve also local communities on sustainable management of resources, initially a pilot scheme should be established in the area of Paquera, Puntarenas.

The RAMSAR Convention is of International Court and seeks global countries worry the wetland conservation through protection, the rational use of resources, international cooperation and training and training in this area.

Wetlands correspond to one of the sites of major ecological conservation on biodiversity, and one of the most important are: water purification and detoxification of waste, which seeks to reduce the concentration of elements in space.

Another of its main functions is in the regulation of climate change, through capture and broadcast of a large proportion of the carbon in the biosphere.

"On this site we will develop a project to strengthen citizen participation and participatory environmental education that supports the efforts of Area Conservation Pacific Central SINAC/MINAE for its wetland ecosystems," said Jacklyn Rivera.

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