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  1. Library Resource
    April, 2014
    Costa 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

  2. Library Resource
    June, 2015
    Costa 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.

  3. Library Resource
    November, 2015
    Costa 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

  4. Library Resource
    August, 2012
    Costa 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

  5. Library Resource
    April, 2014
    Costa 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

  6. Library Resource

    Land characteristics cause differences in park impacts across Costa Rica

    Peer-reviewed publication
    Journal Articles & Books
    December, 2009
    Costa Rica
  7. Library Resource
    Journal Articles & Books
    December, 1998
    Honduras, United States of America, Belize, Germany, Peru, Guatemala, Bolivia, Canada, Venezuela, Costa Rica, Colombia, Panama, Kenya, Italy, Bahamas, Mexico, Brazil, Cuba
  8. Library Resource
    Journal Articles & Books
    June, 2016
    Kenya, 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.

  9. Library Resource
    Journal Articles & Books
    December, 2016
    Nepal, 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.

  10. Library Resource
    Journal Articles & Books
    May, 2016
    Uganda, 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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