Development and Commercialization
Payment for Environmental Services is an example of Costa Rica's commitment to the people´s right to a healthy and ecologically balanced environment. The main source of income is 3.5% of the fuel tax.
OUR PRODUCTS
UCC Carbon Credits
In the carbon and greenhouse gas markets, offsets refer specifically to a metric ton of reduced carbon dioxide equivalent, avoided or sequestered by one entity to offset the emission of that ton elsewhere. The term "carbon credit" represents a negotiable permit, equal to the reduction of one metric ton of carbon dioxide equivalent.
Within the framework of the Country Program for C-Neutrality granted by the C-Neutral brand, we are currently the only authorized institution to sell National Compensation Units.
Our projects use forest plantations with a PSA contract. The projects are measurable, verifiable and reportable. We use methodologies covered in the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). We carry out verification and biomass measurement visits. Each UCC-Fonafifo is USD7.5 according to the legal framework regulating our operations. The aforementioned framework dictates that it is mandatory to recover the generating costs of the environmental service given.
Online Purchase: By making use of the "calculator" application (link), you can calculate your GHG emulsions and acquire the Units. We have a security certificate for the use of a credit card. The transactions are processed by Verified by Visa and Secure Code of Master Card. In addition, SSL Security Certificate.
If you require a purchase certificate from Fonafifo, you must request it through the following address: mercadeo@fonafifo.go.cr
Purchase through the Development Office (TEL 2545-3535):
Send an email indicating the number of Units you need to acquire. Email: mercadeo@fonafifo.go.cr. If you require proforma invoice you must inform it in your message.
DDC personnel send a proforma invoice indicating the accounts of the National Bank to which the payment must be deposited and they will indicate the steps to complete the process of purchasing and delivering the certificate.
Public-Private alliances
FONAFIFO is legally authorized to establish public-private partnerships with different entities. We guarantee a safe institutional platform for your financial contributions. We are a public institution enduring constant financial accountability, with traceability processes implied, and financial audits.
Interested parties can contribute with funds for our PSA (Payment for Environmental Services) program as well as for the development of other specific projects. According to law, …
Partnerships are adaptable as they allow the payment of an amount of money to land owners based on their socio-economic status, age, genre, or the strategic importance of the environmental service the property provides.
Those concerned may contact Mrs. Carmen Roldán by e-mail: croldan@fonafifo.go.cr ; telephone: 25453539.
More than 100 agreements have been signed. We maintain partnerships with the following entities: FIFCO, Proquinal Costa Rica, Pozuelo, Green Motion International, BAC San José, Centro Científico Tropical, Art Desing, Municipalidad de Cartago, CONELECTRICAS, Reserva Conchal, Grupo ICE-Vuelo Limpio, ICE-Reventazón, ICT, CANAECO, Hotel Gilded Iguana.
Eco-Friendly Tourism
For occasional or frequent travelers, Clean Flight allows you, your company, your family and your customers to pay compensation for your greenhouse gas emissions on any flight route.
Price of the compensation unit: US $ 7.5
The Directorate of Development and Commercialization of Environmental Services is responsible for measurable, verifiable and reportable projects that support the compensation. The money is applied in Payment for Environmental Services, through a Program that favors Costa Rica.
Purchase online:
CALCULATOR LINK
Transactions processed by Verified by Visa and Secure Code of Master Card In addition, SSL Security Certificate.
If you wish to receive a Purchase Certificate write to: mercadeo@fonafifo.go.cr
PSA Convention Water Resource
In accordance with Article 19 of the “Canon por Concepto de Aprovechamiento de Aguas” (Fee Rate for Water Use), Decree No. 32868-MINAET, private and public institutions, which currently or in the future will contribute with the fee rate, are eligible to sign an agreement with FONAFIFO (National Fund for Foresting Financing); accordingly, they would be able of choosing the place or river basin to use their financial resources through the PSA or Pago por Servicios Ambientales (Payment for Environmental Services) system. For its effective compliance, the corresponding recognition must be requested to MINAE’s Water Department or Dirección de Aguas. It can be requested during the month of June each year, which applies for the following period; the corresponding certificate from FONAFIFO, in which the annual fund agreed and the investment period are included, must be attached in compliance with Article 14 of the Decree No. 32868-MINAET.
This type of agreement enables the corresponding entity to select their place of interest, choose among the types of PSA available (for protection or for recovery of forest cover), modify the amount of payment, and receive implementation reports, and more.
Interested persons can call 506-2545-3535, or write to the address mercadeo@fonafifo.go.cr, or Carmen Roldán croldan@fonafifo.go.cr
Search the Fonafifo website: PSA statistics
Attached:
Documentos: -ARCHIVOS ADJUNTOS-
UCC's Créditos de Carbono
Descripción Proyecto UCCs: Guanacaste
Descripción Proyecto UCCs: Zona Norte
Descripción Proyecto UCCs: Caribe
Bosque Vivo
Descripción Proyecto Bosque Vivo OSA
Listado de Financiadores de Bosque Vivo OSA
UCC's
Listado de empresas que adquieren UCCs de Fonafifo
Programa País C-Neutral 2.0: Organizaciones
Programa País C-Neutral 2.0: Cantones
Alianzas Estrátegicas
Procedimiento para Establecimiento de Convenios
Convenio PSA Recurso Hídrico
Decreto del Canon por Concepto de Aprovechamiento de Aguas
Formularios:
Formulario de datos para establecer una Alianza Ambiental
Enlaces:
Bosque Vivo
Facebook Bosque Vivo Costa Rica
https://www.facebook.com/Bosque-Vivo-Costa-Rica-489822668076235/
UCC's Créditos de Carbono
Dirección de Cambio Climático
Qué es cambio climático? http://cambioclimaticocr.com/multimedio/
Factores de Emisión IMN
Guía para Declaraciones de C-Neutralidad:
http://www.cambioclimaticocr.com/recursos/MANUAL_CarbonoNeutral-web.pdf
Programa País C-Neutralidad
http://www.cambioclimaticocr.com/2012-05-22-19-47-24/programas/programa-pais
Living Forest
Living Forest is an innovative PES (Payment for Environmental Services) project, which benefits those who take care of biodiversity. It is developed in a highly strategic zone in Costa Rica in which the National Park Corcovado is located; the latter was described as “The most biologically intense place on earth.” by National Geographic.
The project is focused on the people from the area, the Golfo Dulce Forest Reserve, which connects the national parks of Corcovado and Piedras Blancas, and those, in turn, to the wetland Terraba Sierpe. It is a highly endemic zone, and, due to its vast biodiversity, there are threats such as illegal logging and hunting, pollution, and harming derived from human activity.
The Donation Certificate to Living Forest does not bear interest payments (incomplete) to the acquiring entity, and no right over the landowner’s property are provided.
Current sponsors: Green Motion International, Proquinal de Costa Rica, FIFCO, Rucosta SA., Condominio Vertical Horizontal Comercial Terramall, SPC Shipping SA., Zollner Electronics Costa Rica Ltda., Toyota Rent a car, ANC Car Rental, Cooper Vision Manufacturing Costa Rica, SRL., Go Green Travel Group CR S.A., IZI Card, Align Tecnology de Costa Rica SRL.
BENEFITS
- According to Law No. 7092, Article 8, subsection q, duly proven donations that have been delivered during the tax period to the State are deductible from gross income.
- It can be recognized as an environmental contribution to present in contracting processes carried out by the public sector.
- There is access to videos obtained with wildlife trap cameras, including species in danger of extinction or with vulnerable or threatened populations.
Note: A Certificate of OSA Living Forest financing does not generate payment of interest, nor of the principal to the companies that acquire it and does not give any right on the property of the farm where PSA is paid).
Contact us: mercadeo@fonafifo.go.cr or croldan@fonafifo.go.cr
Visit: Facebook Bosque Vivo Costa Rica
Biodiversity conservation certificate
In line with the right to an eco-friendly and healthy environment, every project manager must be in charge of taking preventive and offsetting measures.
The PES (Payment for Environmental Services) system is officially acknowledged by funding institutions and SETENA (Article 3, point 20 of Executive Decree No. 31849-MINAE-MOPT-MAG-MEIC) as good environmental practice.
You can attain your goals through FONAFIFO's PES by selecting properties on specific life zones and home to species of interest for your program or project.
For further advice, please contact: Mrs. Carmen Roldán Chacón, phone: 25453539; e-mail: croldan@fonafifo.go.cr
We invite you to calculate and compensate your emissions with us. We are the only authorized Institution to sell Costarican units of Compensation (UCC), We are also registered in SICOP.
Do you know, which is the amount of greenhouse emissions that you, your organization, event or activity generates directly or indirectly?
