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Published on Wednesday, June 24, 2026
By the A.M. Costa Rica staff
The
Environmental and Agrarian
Prosecutor’s Office, part of the
Attorney General’s Office, has
requested that a criminal court in San
José issue a precautionary measure to
immediately suspend the cutting of 751
trees on a property in Playa Panamá,
where a tourism project is under
development in the Papagayo
Peninsula
in Guanacaste Province, according to
the Public Ministry. Authorities
said the case began in May, when the
Tempisque Conservation Area (the
agency responsible for authorizing
tree cutting) issued a permit allowing
the felling of trees. The
large-scale logging authorization was
granted to a private company building
a tourism complex in the area. The
Prosecutor’s Office said it filed the
request to halt the activity because
the trees are located within a forest
ecosystem protected under the Forestry
Law, warning of a risk of irreversible
environmental damage.
In
addition to seeking the suspension of tree
cutting, prosecutors also requested that
the company and any third parties be
ordered to refrain from logging, removing
vegetation, moving earth, carrying out
construction, or conducting any other
activity that could alter the site while
the investigation continues.
The
investigation aims to determine whether
crimes related to land-use changes in
forested areas may have occurred,
including the possible alteration of
official records to allow construction
within a protected zone. Authorities are
also examining possible dereliction of
duty, abuse of authority (prevarication),
and document falsification.
According
to the Prosecutor’s Office, technical and
expert evidence indicate that the area
planned for development has
characteristics of a forest ecosystem
protected under the Forestry Law. However,
the tree-cutting permit was issued under a
forestry inventory classification.
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