China News Service, November 3, according to the South American Overseas Chinese News Network, as part of the celebration of the 200th anniversary of independence, the Costa Rican government recently launched a large-scale tree planting called "Huella del Futuro" in the northern region of the country. project.
According to reports, on October 30, Costa Rica’s first vice president, Epsey Campbell Barr, officially introduced the tree planting project in a symbolic event held in San Carlos, a county in the northwest.
Campbell said that according to the plan, 200,000 trees will be planted in the northern region in the next few months ("200,000" in Spanish means "200 thousand", which is consistent with the theme of "200th anniversary"). In the next 5 years, maintenance will be carried out on 65,000 fruit trees and flowering trees on public streets, 120,000 trees in the forestry and pastoral system, and 15,000 other types of trees in secondary forests.
This socially influential environmental program is led by the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) Biodiversity Finance Initiative (BIOFIN). It aims to restore the natural ecological landscape of 9 counties in the northern part of Costa Rica and provide local services in the “post-epidemic era”. The economy creates green jobs.
The Costa Rica National Forest Financing Fund (FONAFIFO) predicts that the "Future Footprint" project will create approximately 200 direct jobs and 700 indirect jobs in the country.