sentences:  According to Article 1 of Law 7317, its purpose is to regulate and monitor the appropriation and trade of natural resources within Costa Rica and to assure any extraction is done so in a sustainable fashion.All natural resources are declared of the interest of the State and any extraction, anywhere in Costa Rica, requires a permit.More specifically, anyone in Costa Rica who wants to harvest "Manicaria saccifera" will need to obtain permission from MINAET to do so legally.