8023, published in La Gaceta No. 203 of October 24, 2000 and its amendments, the Commission for the Management and Handling of the Upper Reventazón River Watershed (COMCURE) was created, whose objectives are to define, execute, and control the Management and Handling Plan for the Upper Reventazón River Watershed, with emphasis on water conservation and protection, with the support of its functional structure and in coordination with public and private institutions and the collegiate bodies created under the General Law of Public Administration and related laws, to define and execute a community training project on watershed management and handling, to train the officials of the institutions and the community leaders involved in the project in specific areas that support the Plan, to incorporate women in the execution of the Plan's activities, and to develop specific projects in geological, health, production, environmental, and cultural areas.
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