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ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES CERTIFICATE

ESC - CLEAN TRAVEL


You can finally counterbalance the contamination generated during your tray!

Clean Travel is an innovative initiative offered to you by the Government of Costa Rica to help protect the country's forests, water and biodiversity through the Payment for Environmental Services (PES).

The Ministry of Atmosphere and Energía (MINAE) by means of the Program of Payment of Environmental Services that develops the National Bottom of Financiamiento Forestal (FONAFIFO) gives faith that the resources contributed by this means will be invested according to the interest of the donor.

The mechanism is voluntary and very simple: through Clean Travel, people or companies that generate greenhouse gas emissions by using air, land, railway or maritime transportation can counterbalance this contamination by paying for it. They can do this by purchasing Environmental Services Certificates (ESC) for the amount that equals the tons of carbon emitted during their trip or through a voluntary donation for the amount they wish.
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Any person, company, organization or national and international group can purchase the Environmental Services Certificates (ESC) under the category of Clean Travel; among them:

Airlines, airports and similar organizations
Shipping and port facilities
Bus drivers and transportation services
Hotels and similar services
Travel agencies
Tour operators
National and foreign tourists
Persons, companies and organizations interested in "cleaning their trip"
Public and travelers in general

The money raised will be invested in projects that rescue forests including those under a protection category, paying the forest owners for the environmental services they lend to keep the trees standing instead of cutting them down .

The ESC are issues by FONAFIFO, an autonomous state organization authorized by the law to execute Costa Rica's Payment for Environmental Services Program (PES), assigned to the Ministry of the Environment and Energy (MINAE). Any amount above $100 is tax deductible.

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Clean your travel

Calculate here the carbon tons emitted or that will be emitted during your trip and pay to clean up your trip Calculate and pay
Make a voluntary donation
If you would like to donate a symbolic amount to protect Costa Rica 's hydrographic watersheds and forests which help produce water, select one of the following amounts:
$1 $5 $10 $20 $25 $50 $100 up maximun $2500

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