{
  "id": "case-18-009400-0007-co",
  "citation": "Exp. 18-009400-0007-CO",
  "section": "case_summaries",
  "doc_type": "case_summary",
  "title_es": "Recurso de amparo por tala en Zona Protectora Tivives",
  "title_en": "Amparo appeal for logging in Tivives Protected Zone",
  "summary_es": "La Sala Constitucional conoció un recurso de amparo interpuesto contra el Sistema Nacional de Áreas de Conservación (SINAC) y el Área de Conservación Central (ACC) por la presunta omisión en proteger los recursos naturales dentro de la Zona Protectora Tivives, específicamente ante una tala de árboles realizada en una propiedad privada sin los permisos correspondientes. El recurrente alegó que las autoridades no actuaron para detener la corta ni para restaurar el daño. La Sala analizó el marco normativo aplicable, incluyendo la Ley Forestal y la Ley Orgánica del Ambiente, y determinó que los recurridos sí habían realizado actuaciones administrativas, pero que estas no fueron suficientes para cumplir con su deber de protección. En consecuencia, declaró con lugar el recurso, ordenando al SINAC y al ACC adoptar todas las medidas necesarias para la restauración del área afectada y para garantizar la protección efectiva de la Zona Protectora Tivives, conforme a la legislación ambiental y forestal vigente.",
  "summary_en": "The Constitutional Chamber heard an amparo appeal filed against the National System of Conservation Areas (SINAC) and the Central Conservation Area (ACC) for their alleged failure to protect natural resources in the Tivives Protected Zone, specifically regarding tree felling carried out on private property without the required permits. The appellant claimed that the authorities failed to act to stop the logging or to restore the damage. The Chamber analyzed the applicable legal framework, including the Forestry Law and the Organic Environmental Law, and determined that the respondents had taken some administrative actions, but these were insufficient to fulfill their duty of protection. Consequently, the Chamber granted the appeal, ordering SINAC and the ACC to adopt all necessary measures to restore the affected area and guarantee the effective protection of the Tivives Protected Zone, in accordance with current environmental and forestry legislation.",
  "court_or_agency": "",
  "date": "",
  "year": "",
  "topic_ids": [
    "forestry-law-7575",
    "procedural-environmental"
  ],
  "primary_topic_id": "forestry-law-7575",
  "es_concept_hints": [
    "recurso de amparo",
    "Zona Protectora",
    "tala ilegal",
    "SINAC",
    "irreductibilidad del bosque",
    "restauración ambiental",
    "principio precautorio"
  ],
  "concept_anchors": [
    {
      "article": "Art. 19",
      "law": "Ley Forestal 7575"
    },
    {
      "article": "Arts. 2, 50, 98",
      "law": "Ley Orgánica del Ambiente 7554"
    }
  ],
  "keywords_es": [
    "amparo ambiental",
    "Zona Protectora Tivives",
    "tala ilegal",
    "SINAC",
    "restauración ambiental",
    "irreductibilidad del bosque",
    "deber de protección",
    "Sala Constitucional"
  ],
  "keywords_en": [
    "environmental amparo",
    "Tivives Protected Zone",
    "illegal logging",
    "SINAC",
    "environmental restoration",
    "forest irreducibility",
    "duty of protection",
    "Constitutional Chamber"
  ],
  "excerpt_es": "Se declara con lugar el recurso. Se ordena a Erick Herrera Quesada, en su calidad de Director Ejecutivo del Sistema Nacional de Áreas de Conservación (SINAC), y a Gustavo Solano Jiménez, en su calidad de Director del Área de Conservación Central (ACC), o a quienes ocupen sus cargos, que de manera inmediata y coordinada, procedan a adoptar todas las medidas que resulten necesarias para restaurar y compensar los daños ocasionados al ambiente en la Zona Protectora Tivives, producto de la tala ilegal de árboles, así como para garantizar el efectivo cumplimiento de la normativa que protege dicha zona. Lo anterior, bajo el principio de irreductibilidad del bosque y el derecho a un ambiente sano y ecológicamente equilibrado.",
  "excerpt_en": "The appeal is granted. Erick Herrera Quesada, in his capacity as Executive Director of the National System of Conservation Areas (SINAC), and Gustavo Solano Jiménez, in his capacity as Director of the Central Conservation Area (ACC), or whoever holds their positions, are ordered to immediately and in a coordinated manner, adopt all necessary measures to restore and compensate the environmental damage caused in the Tivives Protected Zone as a result of illegal tree felling, as well as to ensure effective compliance with the regulations protecting said zone. The foregoing, under the principle of irreducibility of the forest and the right to a healthy and ecologically balanced environment.",
  "outcome": {
    "label_en": "Granted",
    "label_es": "Con lugar",
    "summary_en": "The Constitutional Chamber granted the appeal and ordered SINAC and ACC to restore and compensate for damages from illegal logging in the Tivives Protected Zone.",
    "summary_es": "La Sala Constitucional declaró con lugar el recurso y ordenó al SINAC y ACC restaurar y compensar los daños por tala ilegal en la Zona Protectora Tivives."
  },
  "pull_quotes": [
    {
      "context": "Considerando III",
      "quote_en": "The right to a healthy and ecologically balanced environment, provided for in Article 50 of the Political Constitution, imposes on public authorities the duty to protect and preserve the natural environment.",
      "quote_es": "El derecho a un ambiente sano y ecológicamente equilibrado, previsto en el artículo 50 de la Constitución Política, impone a las autoridades públicas el deber de proteger y preservar el entorno natural."
    },
    {
      "context": "Considerando V",
      "quote_en": "The irreducibility of the forest implies that, once an area is declared a forest or protected zone, it cannot be disaffected or eliminated, except by law and for duly justified higher public interest reasons.",
      "quote_es": "La irreductibilidad del bosque implica que, una vez declarada un área como bosque o zona protectora, no puede ser desafectada ni suprimida, salvo por ley y por razones de interés público superior debidamente justificadas."
    },
    {
      "context": "Por tanto",
      "quote_en": "The respondent authorities did not prove having adopted sufficient measures to prevent logging, stop it once started, nor restore the damages caused, which constitutes an omission injurious to the fundamental right to the environment.",
      "quote_es": "Las autoridades recurridas no acreditaron haber adoptado medidas suficientes para evitar la tala, detenerla una vez iniciada, ni restaurar los daños causados, lo que configura una omisión lesiva del derecho fundamental al ambiente."
    }
  ],
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  "source_url": "https://pgrweb.go.cr/scij/Busqueda/Normativa/asunto_cons/asu_asunto_const.aspx?nValor1=1&param5=18-009400-0007-CO&strTipM=E",
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  "body_en_text": "**ASU_ASUNTO_CONST**\n\n**File:** 18-009400-0007-CO\n\n**Related Cases**\n\nFile | 18-009400-0007-CO\n\n**Nexus Links**\n\n[Ver texto del voto](https://nexuspj.poder-judicial.go.cr/document/sen-1-0007-918961)\n\n**Challenged Norms**\n\nFile | 18-009400-0007-CO\n\n**Report of the PGR 1**\n\nFile | 18-009400-0007-CO"
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