10.—That Law Nº 7575, called the Ley Forestal, of February 13, 1996, in its Article 16 establishes that the Ministry of Environment and Energy shall delimit on the ground the boundaries of the areas that constitute the Natural Heritage of the State (Patrimonio Natural del Estado).
11.—That Law Nº 6043 establishes in its Article 1 of CHAPTER I, General Provisions that The zona marítimo terrestre constitutes part of the national heritage, belongs to the State, and is inalienable and imprescriptible. Its protection, as well as that of its natural resources, is an obligation of the State, of its institutions, and of all the inhabitants of the country. Its use and exploitation are subject to the provisions of this law.
12.—That according to Article 11 of CHAPTER I, General Provisions of Law Nº 6043, establishes that the public zone (Zona pública) is also, whatever its extension, that occupied by all the mangroves of the continental and insular coastlines and estuaries (esteros) of the national territory.
13.—That Decreto Ejecutivo Nº 36786-MINAET, titled Manual para la clasificación de tierras dedicadas a la conservación de los recursos naturales dentro de la Zona Marítimo Terrestre en Costa Rica, published in La Gaceta Nº 217 of November 11, 2011, establishes among its objectives to Identify within the Zona Marítimo Terrestre those lands that classify as forests, of forestry aptitude (Class VII and VIII soils), wetlands (mangroves, estuaries, rias, salt marshes, coastal lagoons, swamps, flooded forests, salt flats), to certify them and incorporate them as part of the Natural Heritage of the State (Patrimonio Natural del Estado, PNE).
14.—That Decreto Ejecutivo Nº 36786-MINAET in point III.—Competencies for delimitation and certification establishes that The classification of lands within the ZMT shall correspond to the Conservation Areas (Áreas de Conservación, AC) of the Sistema Nacional de Áreas de Conservación (SINAC) and to duly accredited private professionals by the respective Professional Associations so that they classify the forests, lands of forestry aptitude (Class VII and VIII soils), (mangroves, estuaries, rias, salt marshes, coastal lagoons, swamps, flooded forests, salt flats), and wetlands.
The validity of the classification documents issued by private professionals shall be subject to the approval issued by the AC that corresponds by territorial competence. The ACs of SINAC with jurisdiction in the ZMT shall also have competence for the verification, oversight, demarcation (deslinde), and certification of lands of the Natural Heritage of the State and protection zones.
The location and delimitation of the areas of the Natural Heritage of the State within the Zona Marítimo Terrestre must be carried out as part of the approval process for the Coastal Master Plan (Plan Regulador Costero, PRC), defined by Law 6043, since the Coastal Master Plan is the territorial planning instrument that defines and locates all areas to be concessioned within the ZMT and for its classification at the level of cadastral maps. Therefore, the Coastal Master Plan must clearly and expressly indicate the PNE areas so as not to count them in the total area to concession.
15.—That by official communication SINAC-ACOSA-D-393-2021 of June 23, 2021, signed by Ms. Laura Rivera Quintanilla, Acting Director of the Área de Conservación Osa of the Sistema de Áreas de Conservación of the Ministry of Environment and Energy, the approval is requested from the Instituto Geográfico Nacional for the publication of the delimitation work carried out by Mr. Luis Quesada Camacho, Ing.; the survey was approved by the Área de Conservación Osa through the Verification Report for the topographic survey of mangrove in Sábalo de Sierpe SINAC-ACOSA-PNE-AD-077-2021, based on Decreto Ejecutivo Nº 36786-MINAET.
16.—That in the Verification Report for the topographic survey of mangrove in Sábalo de Sierpe SINAC-ACOSA-PNE-AD-077-2021, it is presented for the review of the technical information on the survey of the delimitation of a sector of the estuary-mangrove ecosystem in the sector known as Sábalo de Sierpe, Osa, Puntarenas. The topographic survey was carried out by Mr. Luis Quesada Camacho, Ing.
17.—That by means of the Report Delimitación Digital Georreferenciada Humedal Estuario Térraba Sierpe, Puntarenas, prepared by Mr. Luis Quesada Camacho, Ing., of the company SOTOP Sociedad Anónima, at the request of Ms. Marle Quesada Jiménez, identification number 10721-0557, as the interested party in the process, the technical information of the topographic survey for the delimitation of a sector of the Térraba-Sierpe Estuary-Mangrove Wetland (Humedal Estero-Manglar Térraba-Sierpe), in Osa, Puntarenas, is presented to the IGN.
18.—That by official communication DIG-TOT-0546-2021 of September 8, 2021, issued by the Official Limits Sub-process of the Topographic Department and Territory Observation (Departamento Topográfico y Observación del Territorio) of the IGN, the Directorate of the Instituto Geográfico Nacional was informed that the work carried out by Mr. Luis Quesada Camacho, Ing., has the technical endorsement for its publication.
19.—That Article 140 of Law Nº 6227 states that The administrative act shall produce its effect after being communicated to the administered party, except if it grants only rights, in which case it shall produce it from the moment it is adopted, a provision that must necessarily be related to Article 240 of the same regulatory body, which defines the suitable instrument for communicating acts of a generic nature by stating that General acts shall be communicated by publication, and specific ones by notification.
HEREBY COMMUNICATES:
First.—The Instituto Geográfico Nacional publishes the georeferenced digital delimitation of the public zone of the Zona Marítimo Terrestre in a sector of the Térraba Sierpe Estuary-Mangrove Wetland (Humedal Estero-Manglar Térraba Sierpe) of Osa in Sábalo, in district Nº 03 Sierpe, of canton Nº 05 of Osa, of province Nº 06 of Puntarenas.
Second.—The public zone of the Zona Marítimo Terrestre delimited in the sector of Sábalo, Sierpe, Osa, Puntarenas, corresponds to a total of 13 virtual boundary markers (mojones virtuales) running from 1 to 13, which define a sector of the Térraba-Sierpe Estuary-Mangrove Wetland whose georeferenced coordinates are indicated below, in the official cartographic projection system of Costa Rica CRTM05:
| SECTOR ESTERO-MANGLAR- TÉRRABA-SIERPE | | |
|---|
| MOJÓN | NORTE | ESTE |
| M1 | 972319.16 | 551737.20 |
| M2 | 972349.51 | 551782.70 |
| M3 | 972377.92 | 551810.09 |
| M4 | 972384.23 | 551825.25 |
| M5 | 972343.42 | 551869.59 |
| M6 | 972331.60 | 551893.56 |
| M7 | 972341.00 | 551930.30 |
| M8 | 972339.28 | 551943.09 |
| M9 | 972331.10 | 551966.04 |
| M10 | 972307.06 | 551996.20 |
| M11 | 972291.51 | 551996.34 |
| M12 | 972302.19 | 552042.84 |
| M13 | 972330.03 | 552044.63 |
Third.—The delimitation of the estuary-mangrove in a sector of the Térraba-Sierpe Wetland in the sector known as Sábalo, Sierpe, Osa, Puntarenas, is published in accordance with official communication SINAC-ACOSA-D-393-2021 from the Área de Conservación Osa, Report SINAC-ACOSAPNE-AD-077-2021 from the Área de Conservación Osa, and the Report Delimitación Digital Georreferenciada Humedal Estuario Térraba Sierpe, Puntarenas prepared by Mr. Luis Quesada Camacho, Ing.
Fourth.—The official technical data of the georeferenced digital delimitation of the public zone of the Zona Marítimo Terrestre of an estuary-mangrove sector of the Térraba Sierpe Wetland located in the sector of Sábalo, located in district Nº 03 Sierpe, of canton Nº 05 of Osa, of province Nº 06 of Puntarenas, have been recorded in the Georeferenced Digital Geodatabase (Geodatabase Digital Georreferenciada, GDG) of the Instituto Geográfico Nacional (IGN) on the Zona Marítimo Terrestre (ZMT), in a file in vector shape format, under the codification RN/ IGN_GDG-IGN-ZMT digital lines.
Fifth.—It is effective as of its publication.
Given in Curridabat, San José, on the 18th day of the month of February of the year 2022.