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The end of chocolate Mark Schatzker Flavor Detective
(2015-04-09)Video animado producido por Mark Schatzker, reconocido periodista canadiense, quien visitó el CATIE y conoció el trabajo que realiza el Centro a través de su Programa de Mejoramiento Genético de Cacao. -
The energy analysis of food production systems and the role of animal production: a review
(1986-01)Este trabajo comienza con una breve descripción de los principales insumos de los sistemas de producción de alimentos y discute su disponibilidad en el futuro. A este panorama se opone una descripción de las perspectivas ... -
The environmental effects of poverty programs and the poverty effects of environmental programs: The missing RCTs.
(2019)For decades, government agencies and nongovernmental organizations have invested in programs aimed at alleviating poverty and those aimed at protecting the environment. Whether these investments mutually reinforce each ... -
The evidence base for environmental and socioeconomic impacts of "sustainable" certification
(Environment for Development, 2010-03)Initiatives certifying that farms and firms adhere to predefined environmental and social welfare production standards are increasingly popular. According to proponents, they create financial incentives for farms and firms ... -
The existence value of the Antillean manatee in the unprotected Hondo River (Mexico) as a fundamental component for its conservation
(Journal for Nature Conservation, 2022)The Hondo River is the natural border between Mexico and Belize, and it is part of the distribution area of the Endangered Antillean manatee Trichechus manatus manatus. Currently, the Hondo River does not have any special ... -
The forest ecology of the Reventazón Valley
(IICA, Turrialba (Costa Rica), 1952-03)La cuenca del río Reventazón, debido a la topografía, tiene climas variados. Con base en la Carta Mundial de Formaciones Vegetales de Holdridge ésto son: Tropical Húmedo, Subtropical Pluvial, Subtropical Muy Húmedo, ... -
The global biodiversity framework needs a robust action agenda
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The global spectrum of plant form and function enhanced species-level trait dataset
(Scientific Data, 2022)Here we provide the ‘Global Spectrum of Plant Form and Function Dataset’, containing species mean values for six vascular plant traits. Together, these traits –plant height, stem specific density, leaf area, leaf mass per ... -
The hamburger connection hangover: cattle, pasture land degradation and alternative land use in Central America
(CATIE, Turrialba (Costa Rica), 2000)In the past few decades, pasture expansion into the humid lowlands of Central America has increased greatly and has raised a great deal of concern about deforestation and potential land degradation. However, little information ... -
The impact of greenhouse conventional and organic pepper (Capsicum annuum) over the soil-plant component, in Alfaro Ruiz, Costa Rica
(CATIE, Turrialba (Costa Rica), 2006)densidad aparente, porcentaje de humedad, materia orgánica, análisis foliar y químico del suelo. Se puede concluir que con los indicadores evaluados se encontraron mínimas diferencias entre el manejo orgánico y convencional ... -
The impact of land degradation on agricultural productivity a multi-period economic land use model; a case study of the Neguev settlement, Costa Rica
(CATIE, Turrialba (Costa Rica). Agricultural University Wageningen, Wageningen (Países Bajos). Ministerio de Agricultura y Ganadería, San José (Costa Rica), 1997)Current land use practices will have to be sustainable in order to guarantee a sufficient level of agricultural production for future generations. In this study a sub-regional multi-period linear optimization model of ... -
The impact of protected area governance and management capacity on ecosystem function in Central America
(Frédéric Mertens, Universidade de Brasilia (Brasil), 2018)Protected areas (PAs) are a prominent approach to maintaining and enhancing biodiversity and ecosystem services. A critical question for safeguarding these resources is how PA governance processes and management structures ... -
The impacts of a capacity-building workshop in a randomized adaptation project
(CATIE, Turrialba (Costa Rica), 2019)Encouraging adaptation to climate change is fundamentally about encouraging changes in human behaviour. To promote these changes, governments, non-profits and multilateral institutions have invested in a range of ... -
The importance of agricultural land uses in the provision of ecosystem services. A gender perspective in Nicaragua
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The influence of habitat complexity and landscape context on the biodiversity conservation value of cacao agroforests in Waslala, Nicaragua
(CATIE, Turrialba (Costa Rica), 2010)The objective of this study was to examine the effect of two critical elements for biodiversity conservation in agricultural landscapes: habitat structural complexity and landscape context. We tested the independent and ... -
The influence of habitat complexity and landscape context on the biodiversity conservation value of cacao agroforests in Waslala, Nicaragua
(2013-06-03)La deforestación de los bosques naturales ha conllevado a investigar el papel que juegan los agroecosistemas en la conservación de la biodiversidad. Cultivos agrícolas bajo sombra, como los sistemas agroforestales de cacao, ... -
The influence of habitat complexity and landscape context on the biodiversity conservation value of cacao agroforests in Waslala, Nicaragua
(2010)La deforestación de los bosques naturales ha conllevado a investigar el papel que juegan los agroecosistemas en la conservación de la biodiversidad. Cultivos agrícolas bajo sombra, como los sistemas agroforestales de cacao, ...
