Costa Rica launches its National Bioeconomy Strategy
Type of post: NEWS IN BRIEF.
In order to make the bioeconomy one of the pillars of the country's productive transformation, the Government of the Republic of Costa Rica released its National Bioeconomy Strategy earlier this month.
Press release: “Costa Rica lanza Estrategia Nacional de Bioeconomía”, 7/8/2020.
Executive summary of the National Bioeconomy Strategy (in Spanish).
The Strategy has a 10-year vision and is planned to be implemented in three phases: impulse (2020-2022), scaling (2022-2026) and consolidation (2026-2030). Through these three phases and five strategic axes, the use of Costa Rica's biological wealth and capabilities in the scientific field will be promoted, based on knowledge and the sustainable use of the country's biological assets.
10-year vision
To cement a Costa Rica with sustainable production of high-added value in all its regions and emerging biocities, based on the fair and equitable use of its biodiversity, the circular use of biomass and on the country's biotechnological progress as a knowledge society.
Strategic axes
- EE1. Bioeconomy for rural development
- EE2. Biodiversity and development
- EE3. Waste biomass biorefinery
- EE4. Advanced bioeconomy
- EE5. Urban bioeconomy and green cities