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Obviously, hydroelectric power requires water and that water has to be generated and conserved in forests. now, there's been sort of an assumption that economic growth has to be at the expense of the environment or vice versa and costa rica proves the opposite. between 1986 and 2012, we tripled our gdp per capita. we almost doubled our population and we went from 21% forest coverage of our territory to 52% in the same time. >> that's amazing while reducing the percentage of fossil fuel generation. ramon macaya from costa rica, thank you very much. >> thank you. a new documentary tries to unr...
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