Download or read book Costa Rica written by and published by World Bank Publications. This book was released on 2000-01-01 with total page 158 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Costa Rica was once one of the most deforested countries in the world. Today it is a pioneer in reforestation, forest management, and forest protection policies. The report describes the evolution of these policies since the 1950s, focusing on internal and external influences, particularly those of the World Bank. This case study is one of six evaluations of the implementation of the World Bank's 1991 Forest Strategy

Download or read book Tools for Land Use Analysis on Different Scales written by Bas Bouman and published by Springer. This book was released on 2013-12-19 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book reflects the results of more than ten years of cooperative research involving Wageningen Agricultural University (y. l AU) in the Netherlands, the Tropical Agricultural Research and Higher Education Center (CATIE; Centro Agron6mico Tropical de lnvestigaci6n y Ensefianza) in Costa Rica and the Costa Rican Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock (MAG; Ministerio de Agricultura y Ganadeda) as part of the Research Program on Sustainability in Agriculture (REPOSA) in the Central American country. The type of cooperation was unusual as it focused on both research and the education of students undertaking either M. Sc. thesis projects or a program of practical training in the various aspects of studying land use. Since funding was provided by W AU, a high degree of scientific autonomy was created that has clearly benefited the independent, scientific rigor of the work. Over the ten-year period, the program has changed from being a patchwork of various insulated specialist projects, into a truly interdisciplinary effort, leading to the development of innovative tools for analyzing land use on a number of geographical scales. These tools are presented in this book. Besides CATIE and MAG, cooperation with other Costa Rican partner institutions has been essential from the beginning, and this process of interaction has also evolved considerably over time.

Download or read book Studying Land Use in Costa Rica written by Arthur W. Peterson and published by . This book was released on 1953 with total page 29 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Download or read book Tools for Land Use Analysis on Different Scales written by B.A.M Bouman and published by Springer. This book was released on 2011-10-08 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Regional development is intrinsically related to the way in which the land is used. Given the rising awareness of the multifunctionality of the world's land resources, policy makers now face the complex task of accommodating multiple objectives of an increasing number of stakeholders in regional development. This implies a need for tools that can be employed to provide insights into the opportunities and limitations of land use. Those tools should be capable of quantifying trade-offs between socio-economic, sustainability, and environment-related policy objectives. This book offers a detailed account of a range of interdisciplinary methodologies for land use analysis, developed over a twelve-year period (1986-1998) in Costa Rica, through collaborative research between three institutions: one from the North (Wageningen Agricultural University of The Netherlands), and two from the South (the Tropical Agricultural Research and Higher Education Center [CATIE] and the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock [MAG]). The methodologies span a number of spatial scales, ranging from the field level all the way to the national level. Concepts of systems analysis and information technology play a pivotal role in each of the methodologies. Together, they form a unique toolbox that deserves ample use in the process of agricultural policy design.

Download or read book Agricultural Regions of Costa Rica written by Arthur W. Peterson and published by IICA Biblioteca Venezuela. This book was released on 1953 with total page 124 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Picture Planning Perspectives written by Hugo de Vos and published by Rozenberg Publishers. This book was released on 2004-01-06 with total page 291 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book investigates problems of GIS implementation in three Costa Rican ministries. It reveals that embedding technology is part of complex institutional processes where actors and politics shape contexts. By linking an historical analysis of land use

Download or read book Land Use and Land Use Dynamics in the Atlantics Zone of Costa Rica written by and published by Bib. Orton IICA / CATIE. This book was released on with total page 154 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Economic Policy and Sustainable Land Use written by Nico Heerink and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since the 1980s many developing countries have implemented macro-economic policy reforms to curb inflation, reduce fiscal deficits and control foreign debt. The policy instruments used, such as exchange rate adjustment, budget cuts, trade policy reforms, public expenditure reviews and privatisation, have different and sometimes opposite consequences for agricultural land use. During the same period awareness was growing that deteriorating soil quality could become a limiting factor to increase or even sustain agricultural production. As a result, food availability and even accessibility for large population groups in developing countries may be jeopardised in the near future. Recently, quantitative models have made useful contributions to understanding the impact of economic policy reforms on the sustainability of land use. They provide a consistent analytical framework to deal with complex issues such as the direct and indirect effects of economic, agricultural, environmental and population policies, the role of market imperfections in transmitting economic policy signals, and the interactions between soil quality, agricultural production and household economic decision making. Different types of models can be distinguished: bio economic models, focussing on the link between farm household decisions and the agricultural resource base, household and village models, examining the impact of the socio-economic environment on farm household decisions, and more aggregate models, analysing interactions between sectors and their implications for sustainable land use.

Download or read book Workplan 1991 1993 a Methdology for Analysis and Planning of Sustainable Land Use a Case Study in Costa Rica written by and published by Bib. Orton IICA / CATIE. This book was released on with total page 54 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Agricultural Regtone of Costa Rica written by and published by Bib. Orton IICA / CATIE. This book was released on with total page 62 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Plantation Forestry in the Northen Atlantic Zone of Costa Rica written by and published by Bib. Orton IICA / CATIE. This book was released on with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Programme Document Agricultural Research Programme in the Atlantic Zone of Costa Rica written by and published by Bib. Orton IICA / CATIE. This book was released on 1987 with total page 46 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Economic Study of Farms in the Upper Reventazon Watershed of Costa Rica 1950 51 written by and published by Bib. Orton IICA / CATIE. This book was released on with total page 38 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Natural Forest on Farms in the Northern Atlantic Zone of Costa Rica written by E.W. Schinkel and published by Bib. Orton IICA / CATIE. This book was released on 1994 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Effects of Forest Clearing and Land Use on Soil Properties of Two Land Use Sequences in Cocori Atlantic Zoneof Costa Rica written by and published by Bib. Orton IICA / CATIE. This book was released on with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Costa Rican Ecosystems written by Maarten Kappelle and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2016-04-15 with total page 798 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1502, Christopher Columbus named Costa Rica, and while gold and silver never materialized to justify the moniker of rich coast in purely economic terms, scientists and ecotravelers alike have long appreciated its incredible wealth. Wealth in Costa Rica is best measured by its biodiversityhome to a dizzying number of plants and animals, many endemic, it s a country that has long encouraged and welcomed researchers from the world over, and is exemplary in the creation and commitment to indigenous conservation and management programs. Costa Rica is considered to have the best preserved natural resources in Latin America. Approximately nine percent (about 1,000,000 acres) of Costa Rica has been protected in 15 national parks, and a comparable amount of land is protected as wildlife refuges, forest reserves or Indian reservations. This long-awaited synthesis of Costa Rican ecosystems is an authoritative presentation of the paleoecology, biogeography, structure, conservation, and sustainable use of Costa Rica s ecosystems. It systematically covers the entire range of Costa Rica s natural and managed, terrestrial, freshwater and marine ecosystems, including its island systems (Cocos Islands), the Atlantic and Pacific oceans and shores (coasts, coral reefs, mangrove forests), its lowlands (dry, season and wet forests), its highlands (the northern volcanoes and southern Talamanca s), and its estuaries, rivers, lakes, swamps and bogs. The volume s integrated, comprehensive format will be welcomed by tropical and temperate biologists alike, by biogeographers, plant and animal ecologists, marine biologists, conservation biologists, foresters, policy-makers and all scientists, natural history specialists and all with an interest in Costa Rica s ecosystems."