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NASA image shows how Costa Rica beats Mexico and Central America in avoiding forest fires

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Costa Rica is the country with the best performance in forest fire prevention from Mexico to Panama. That is confirmed by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) image published on Thursday.

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Carlos Manuel Rodríguez, head of the Ministry of Environment and Energy (Minae), explained that forest fires are not natural phenomena, but by humans as the flames are used as a tool to deforest.

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The minister added that Costa Rica has little deforestation compared to what occurs in the region and therefore few fires, compared to other tropical countries in the world, “because there has been much progress in establishing mechanisms through which forest conservation is productive and beneficial.”

Rodríguez added that tourist activity in Costa Rica keeps deforestation at bay. “Our tourism lives on conservation, biodiversity, promotes visits to forests and that gives our vegetation, our fauna a higher value than, say, dedicate it to livestock,” he said.

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Hazards Wildfire
Themes Environment and ecosystems Disaster risk management
Country and region Costa Rica
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