"Article 2º-The maximum amount to be paid per hectare and per tree, as the case may be and as established in subsections d), e), f), g), and h) of article 1 of this Decree, shall be:
- a)Sixty-four dollars ($64) per hectare per year for the payment of environmental services for forest protection, disbursed over a period of five years, extendable for another period of five years.
- b)Eight hundred sixteen dollars ($816) per hectare for the payment of environmental services for reforestation, disbursed over a term of ten years.
- c)One dollar and thirty cents ($1.30) per tree, for the payment of environmental services in reforestation integrated into agroforestry systems, disbursed over a term of three years.
The amount established in subsection a) of this article shall apply starting in the year 2006, for contracts signed in the year 2005. Said amount shall be updated as of the second disbursement.
The amounts established in subsections b) and c) above shall apply to Environmental Services contracts approved as of the year 2005.
The amounts pending disbursement from previous years shall be governed as established in the respective executive decrees for each year.
The disbursements referred to in this article shall be made in colones at the exchange rate in effect on the date of payment authorization." "Article 7º-The payment of environmental services shall be made on a deferred basis according to the following conditions:
- a)Reforestation projects with areas less than or equal to fifty hectares may receive advance payment. For these projects, the first disbursement of 46% shall be made once the contract with the State is formalized. The amount to be disbursed must be guaranteed as established in the 2005 Procedures Manual (Manual de Procedimientos). In the remaining nine years, an annual percentage of 6% of the total contract amount shall be paid. Payments shall be made as of the average planting date.
- b)Reforestation projects that do not receive advance payment shall receive the first payment of 46% once the contract is formalized and after complying with the requirements established in the 2005 Procedures Manual. In the remaining nine years, an annual percentage of 6% of the total contract amount shall be paid. Payments shall be made as of the average planting date.
- c)For forest protection projects, the first disbursement shall be made once the contract with the State is signed and after complying with the requirements established in the 2005 Procedure Manual. Disbursements for subsequent years may be requested at twelve, twenty-four, thirty-six, and forty-eight months from the effective date of the contract.
- d)For the payment of environmental services for projects in which agroforestry systems are developed, the first disbursement shall be made once the respective contract is signed and the guarantee established in the 2005 Procedures Manual is received by FONAFIFO, or the establishment of the trees and their average planting date is certified by the forest regent (regente forestal). This first disbursement shall be 65% of the established amount. For the second year, it shall be 20%, and 15% for the third year, and they may be requested at twelve and twenty-four months after the date of establishment of the trees certified by the forest regent."