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Enforcement and Compliance in Costa Rica: water pollution

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One of the main difficulties experienced b ti k i i tby non-native speakers in using tenses concerns the difference between the present perfect and the simple past.

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P t f tPresent perfect

actions which started in the past and ti tcontinuous up to now

Example:Example: and the growing involvement of civil g g

society in the policy debatehave led us to address environmental challenges in ato address environmental challenges in a proactive and transparent way, both domestically and abroad.

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past action that has the result in the tpresent

Example:Example:From Rio de Janeiro in 1992 to Bali in 2008,

no major international discussion on the environment has occurred withoutenvironment has occurred without Brazilian participation.

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Si l tSimple past

refers to completed actions that occurred i th tin the past

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defensive on this critical front.

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Check it out!Check it out!Two decades ago, Brazil wasg ,on the defensive on this critical front Since then a number offront. Since then, a number of structural changeslinked to

d ti ti d thredemocratization and the growing involvement of civil society in the policy debatehave led us to addresshave led us to address environmental challenges in a proactive and transparent wayproactive and transparent way, both domestically and abroad.

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B ili E i t l LBrazilian Environmental Law

An Introduction to Brazilian Environmental LLaw

by Antonio de Aguiar Patriotay g(Ambassador of Brazil to the United States

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Practice 1 - Organizing topicsg g p

According to the article above: three stages b id tifi d i th d l t fcan be identified in the development of

Brazilian attitudes to environmental issues from a legal perspective.

Organize each topic below according to the stage it belongs to:stage it belongs to:

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-include a legal definition of the environmentf t t- fragmentary stage

- unrelated laws- holistic stage- safeguard human healthsa egua d u a ea t- natural rubber producers

ethical terms- ethical terms- environment as a whole

i t b fi ld f l-environment became a field of law- pau-brasil- unruly exploitation-imposing controls on exploration and extractionimposing controls on exploration and extraction activities

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- National Environmental Policy Law

Stage 1 Stage 2 Stage 3ethical terms

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Practice 2 Understanding what you g yread

Did you understand what you read above?A th ti b l b d th t tAnswer the questions below based on the extract

of the article and your understanding.1 Who is the author?2 Wh thi ti l bli h d?2 Where was this article published?3 - Why did the author write this article?y4 The article describes the development of

Brazilian attitudes regarding environmentalBrazilian attitudes regarding environmental issues from a legal perspective. How does the

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author present this issue?

Practice 3 Where are the verbs?

Underline the verbs in the simple past in the t t b l C St d E i t ltext below - Case Study on Environmental Law Enforcement and Compliance in pCosta Rica: water pollution with toxic substancessubstances.

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Case Study on Environmental Law E f t d C li i C tEnforcement and Compliance in Costa Rica: water pollution with toxic psubstances

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Make word combinations using words from B A B B W it th dBox A+ Box B. Write the word combinations in Box C.

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Box A Box B Box Co o o Ccivil enforcementevidentiary communityevidentiary communitydata Prosecutor

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