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Costa Rica: Creating the enabling environment for enhanced climate ambition in the livestock sector.

Karla Mena Soto

Mauricio Chacón Navarro

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Policies

Agreements

Projects

National Approach for the Agricultural Sector

Nationals Strategies - Low carbon: livestock, coffee, musaceae

Internacional: Paris Agreement 2015

National: Agreement to reduce emissions from the Agricultural Sector 2018

NAMAs: livestock, coffee, rice, sugar cane, musaceae

National Sustainable Livestock Policy

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Social inclusion and economy growth

Health and animal welfare

Food Security

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Climate action and use of natural resources

Pillars of the National Sustainable Livestock Policy

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National Sustainable Livestock Policy

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Lines of actions

Climate action

Others: Industry- Markets- Standards (rules)- Food security

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+ carbon stoge

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- emissions

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methane, nitrous oxide

soils, plants

Production efficiency and profitability

Milk

The national low-carbon livestock strategy

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Beef

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The emission reduction agreement - 2018

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The emission reduction agreement between the Ministry of Environment and the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock is an interministeral framework agreement of general scope, signed by both ministers.

Commitment

Principles

Mechanism towards to

Promote the

decarbonization

of the agricultural sector

    • Progressive approach
    • Continuous improvement
    • Transparency
    • Food and nutrition security
    • Relation with the SDGs
    • Eco efficiency

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  • The development of incentives
  • Forest maintenance
  • The development of recognition systems of carbon neutrality
  • Provide capacities to consolidate the NAMA
  • Establish a recognition system for eco-benefits

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Livestock NAMA as an instrument for the implementation

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Enabling Mechanism

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Thank you

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Karla Mena Soto

Mauricio Chacón Navarro

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