5. Financial vision
The sale of Conservation Credits
contributes to rural development
6. How the GCS works
Annual quantification and certification of
Conservation Credit Units (CCU) of the
Conservation Areas and sales promotion
Benefit sharing
CCU sales to – Landowner for continued protection
sponsors of – Conservation management
Conservation
– Stakeholder Fund for improvement
Areas
of livelihoods and microcredits
7. Who buys CCUs?
• Corporate Social Responsibility
• Individual biodiversity donations
• Project investors
– Primary sector for the contraction of new
productive areas
– Secondary sector: Water
management, electrification, construction…
– Services sector: Telecommunication, road
infrastructure, tourism…
8. Latest news
• Costa Rican Ministry for
the Environment
receives GCS chairman
• San José national
workshop identifies 13
GCS projects in CR
• National GCS working Costa Rican Vice Minister Lorena Guevara
group formed receives Robert
Dilger, GIZ, Michael Dutschke, GCS and
• Funding secured for the Michael Schlönvoigt, GIZ
3 top projects to be
developed