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Secondary Tropical Dry Forests Are Important to Cattle Ranchers in Northwestern Costa Rica
(2020-07)
In the dry regions of Central America, forests in cattle ranches are used as a refuge for cattle during
the dry season, and there is no much information about this practice. To determine the frequency of
this practice ...
Sondeo rápido de mercado para productos de ganadería bovina sustentable en los estados de Jalisco, Chiapas y Campeche
(CATIE- Centro Agronómico Tropical de Investigación y Enseñanza, 2023)
El objetivo de la investigación fue elaborar un sondeo para los estados de Jalisco, Chiapas y Campeche, en el marco del proyecto BioPaSOS con énfasis en definir las características mejor valoradas por la empresa privada ...
Aspectos financieros de las acciones nacionales de mitigación apropiada (NAMA) para los sistemas ganaderos en la región de América Latina y El Caribe
(Centro Agronómico Tropical de Investigación y Enseñanza (CATIE), 2021)
Este documento resume los resultados del análisis sobre los temas de financiamiento relacionados con los modelos de negocio propuestos por las NAMA existentes, o por las iniciativas de reducción de emisiones en nueve países ...
Marginal Abatement Cost Curves for Latin American dairy production: A Costa Rica case study
(Elsevier, Ámsterdam (Países Bajos), 2021-05)
This study utilises data collected from Costa Rican dairy farmers to conduct a cradle to farm gate Life Cycle Assessment and the first Marginal Abatement Cost Curve (MACC) for dairy production in Latin America. Ninety dairy ...
Contribución de las NAMA a las NDC en Latinoamérica
(Centro Agronómico Tropical de Investigación y Enseñanza (CATIE), 2020-10)
Este documento presenta un análisis de las NAMA y las acciones climáticas de Uruguay, Costa Rica, Colombia, Guatemala, Honduras y República Dominicana. Este análisis verificó la identificación de barreras en las áreas de ...
Optimal Siting, Sizing, and Enforcement of Marine Protected Areas
(2020)
The design of protected areas, whether marine or terrestrial, rarely considers how people respond to the imposition of no-take sites with complete or incomplete enforcement. Consequently, these protected areas may fail to ...
Long-term effects of shade and input levels on coffee yields in the Pacific region of Nicaragua
(CIRAD, Montpellier (France), 2020)
The suitability and profitability of coffee cultivation in Central America are at risk due to pest and disease outbreaks, price fluctuations and climate change. Proper shading is claimed to be one of the most promising ...
Siting Marine Protected Areas with Area Targets Protecting Rural Incomes, Fish Stocks, and Turtles in Costa Rica
(2020-04)
With many countries seeking to increase the area conserved in marine protected areas (MPAs) to achieve the Convention on Biodiversity’s protected area targets by 2020, we employ a bioeconomic model to determine which ...
TRY plant trait database – enhanced coverage and open access
(2020)
Plant traits—the morphological, anatomical, physiological, biochemical and phenological characteristics of plants—determine how plants respond to environmental factors, affect other trophic levels, and influence ecosystem ...
Widespread mangrove damage resulting from the 2017 Atlantic mega hurricane season
(2020)
Comprised of 17 named tropical storms, 6 of which were major hurricanes, the 2017 Atlantic hurricane season ranked as one of the most damaging and costly hurricane seasons on record. In addition to socio-economic impacts, ...