Costa Rica’s National Technical Environmental Secretariat (Secretaría Técnica Nacional Ambiental, Setena) recently gave the green light for increased pineapple production in Costa Rica’s southern region, a move that is troubling to environmentalists and indigenous groups whose protected lands in that region would be threatened by the intensive monoculture agriculture, reported Edgardo Araya, Broad Front (Front Amplio) Party legislator, this week.
The National Front of Sectors Affected by Pineapple Expansion (Frenasap) announced they have organized a protest for Monday, May 15 in front of the National Museum and along the boulevard leading to the Legislative Assembly.
The protest is mainly aimed against the expansion of pineapple plantations in the Southern Zone, and also includes related agricultural themes including the rejection of a registry for native plant seeds.
Protestors plan to march to the Ministry of the Environment (MINAE) to present a request to annul the environmental permit granted by Setena for the plantations.
source: news.co.cr
