While the US and Europe are fighting over Kyoto, Costa Rica is showing the rest of the world what ca
by Television Trust for the Environment
on 10-06-2003
Length of this clip 00:01:02
In the capital San Jose, citizens are already paying a 5% carbon tax which is being used to plant trees and protect forests. Because trees turn carbon dioxide into wood it is possible to calculate the carbon they store and sell the credit on the international market. Franz Tattenbach heads an NGO called FUNDECOR and set up the worldís first carbon offset deal.