Costa Rica's Program of Payments
for Environmental Services (Pago de Servicios Ambientales,
PSA) provides a unique opportunity to evaluate direct
payments as a conservation policy tool. This paper reports
evidence on how much more forest has been conserved in Costa
Rica as a result of PSA contracts with landowners. Such
evidence requires estimating a counterfactual outcome: how
much forest would have been preserved if there had been no
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Library ResourceApril, 2014Costa Rica
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Library ResourceJune, 2015Costa Rica
Costa Rica stands out for being among the most politically stable, progressive, prosperous, and environmentally conscious nations in the Latin America and the Caribbean region. Its development model has brought important economic, social, and environmental dividends, with sustained growth, upward mobility for a large share of the population, important gains in social indicators, and significant achievements in reforestation and conservation. However, there are a number of development challenges that need to be addressed to maintain the country’s successful development path.
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Library ResourceNovember, 2015Costa Rica
Costa Rica stands out for being one of
the most politically stable, progressive, and prosperous
nations in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC). Political
stability and inclusive social policies have contributed to
solid growth rates and the modernization of the country. The
combination of political stability, the social compact and
steady growth, has resulted in one of the lowest poverty
rates in LAC. Costa Rica is also a global leader for its -
Library ResourceAugust, 2012Costa Rica
This country note briefly summarizes
information relevant to both climate change and agriculture
in Costa Rica, with focus on policy developments (including
action plans and programs) and institutional make-up. Like
most countries in Latin America, Costa Rica has submitted
one national communication to the United Nations Framework
Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) with a second one
under preparation. Land use change and forestry are the -
Library ResourceApril, 2014Costa Rica
Costa Rica's Program of Payments
for Environmental Services (Pago de Servicios Ambientales,
PSA) provides a unique opportunity to evaluate direct
payments as a conservation policy tool. This paper reports
evidence on how much more forest has been conserved in Costa
Rica as a result of PSA contracts with landowners. Such
evidence requires estimating a counterfactual outcome: how
much forest would have been preserved if there had been no -
Library Resource
Land characteristics cause differences in park impacts across Costa Rica
Peer-reviewed publicationJournal Articles & BooksDecember, 2009Costa Rica -
Library ResourceJournal Articles & BooksDecember, 1998Honduras, United States of America, Belize, Germany, Peru, Guatemala, Bolivia, Canada, Venezuela, Costa Rica, Colombia, Panama, Kenya, Italy, Bahamas, Mexico, Brazil, Cuba
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Library ResourceJournal Articles & BooksJune, 2016Kenya, Switzerland, Japan, Zambia, Tanzania, Congo, South Sudan, Ethiopia, Costa Rica, Finland, Papua New Guinea, Africa
The Government of Kenya is in the process of establishing a National REDD+ Programme through the Kenya Forest Service (KFS). Two critical elements of the National REDD+ Programme are forest reference levels (FRL) and a National Forest Monitoring System (NFMS). This document describes the steps towards establishing the design of the NFMS and reference levels, through an enumeration and description of required tasks.
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Library ResourceJournal Articles & BooksDecember, 2016Nepal, Laos, Japan, Vietnam, Chile, Madagascar, Guatemala, Indonesia, Ghana, Congo, Guyana, Costa Rica, Mexico, Brazil, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Asia, Africa, Americas
<p>Les informations contenues dans ce document correspondent à la situation en octobre 2014.
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Library ResourceJournal Articles & BooksMay, 2016Uganda, El Salvador, Chile, Guatemala, Peru, Colombia, Ecuador, Bolivia, Cuba, Costa Rica, Uruguay, Americas
La falta de acceso a recursos financieros es una de las razones por las que no se llevan a cabo actividades e inversiones forestales, a pesar de ser atractivas económica, social y ambientalmente. Es necesario, por tanto, una mejor comunicación e intercambio de información a fin de desarrollar estrategias e instrumentos financieros que sean sostenibles y adecuados a las necesidades del Manejo Forestal Comunitario (MFC). El presente documento realizará una revisión de los antecedentes sobre el financiamiento y los aspectos institucionales para el MFC en el ámbito de la Amazonía peruana.
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