Congress To Investigate Las Baulas Marine National Park
By Matt J. Weiss, August 12, 2008 @ 02:00 AM (EST)
Source: Journalcr.com
The Legislative Assembly’s Special Commission on the Environment approved a series of motions aimed at investigating anomalies supposedly taking place at Guanacate’s Las Baulas Marine National Park.
The investigation would deal with alleged illegal constructions within the park’s restricted Land Maritime Zone (ZMT) — 125 meters of land from the tide line that according to law must be kept from human intervention. However, since 75 meters of this strip are in private hands, an expropriation order by the Ministry of the Environment and Energy (MINAE) was issued in December 2004 to comply with the Law for the Creation of the Las Baulas Marine National Park, No. 7542 of July 10, 1995). However, due to bureaucratic processes and divergent interpretations of the law, the government is yet to acquire such lands.
The group investigating Las Baulas is currently working on three files: No. 16.417 and No.16.916, both related to “the single interpretation of article 1 of the Law for the Creation of the Las Baulas Marine National Park”; and No. 16.915, “Law for Protection of Leatherback Turtle Habitats in Costa Rica.” These are being studied in a sub-commission coordinated by legislator Maureen Ballestero of the ruling National Liberation Party (PLN), along with Patricia Romero and Jose Merino del Rio, of opposition blocs Citizen Action Party (PAC) and the Broad Front, respectively.
The investigation would deal with alleged illegal constructions within the park’s restricted Land Maritime Zone (ZMT) — 125 meters of land from the tide line that according to law must be kept from human intervention. However, since 75 meters of this strip are in private hands, an expropriation order by the Ministry of the Environment and Energy (MINAE) was issued in December 2004 to comply with the Law for the Creation of the Las Baulas Marine National Park, No. 7542 of July 10, 1995). However, due to bureaucratic processes and divergent interpretations of the law, the government is yet to acquire such lands.
The group investigating Las Baulas is currently working on three files: No. 16.417 and No.16.916, both related to “the single interpretation of article 1 of the Law for the Creation of the Las Baulas Marine National Park”; and No. 16.915, “Law for Protection of Leatherback Turtle Habitats in Costa Rica.” These are being studied in a sub-commission coordinated by legislator Maureen Ballestero of the ruling National Liberation Party (PLN), along with Patricia Romero and Jose Merino del Rio, of opposition blocs Citizen Action Party (PAC) and the Broad Front, respectively.
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