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A geological/geomorphological and soil transect study of the Chirripo massit and adjacent areas, Cordillera de Talamanca, Costa Rica
(CATIE, Turrialba (Costa Rica). Atlantic Zone Programme Agricultural University Wageningen, Wageningen (Países Bajos) Ministerio de Agricultura y Ganadería, San José (Costa Rica), 1993)
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 ...
Determinants of Performance of Drinking-Water Community Organizations
(Environment for Development, 2010-02)
This paper presents an institutional analysis of the underlying factors affecting the performance of drinking-water community organizations in rural areas of Costa Rica. These organizations provide water to more than 60 ...
Annual report for the year 1992
(CATIE, Turrialba (Costa Rica). Atlantic Zone Programme Agricultural University Wageningen, Wageningen (Países Bajos) Ministerio de Agricultura y Ganadería, San José (Costa Rica), 1993)
Simulation of potential banana photosynthesis in the Atlantic Zone of Costa Rica
(IICA, San José (Costa Rica), 1991-07)
Para hacer una evaluación cuantitativa de la aptitud de la tierra para el cultivo del banano, sería útil disponer de un modelo de simulación. Por lo tanto, como primer paso para su diseño, se desarrolló un modelo de ...
Heterogeneous Local Spillovers from Protected Areas in Costa Rica
(2017)
Spillovers can significantly reduce or enhance the net effects of land-use policies, yet there exists little rigorous evidence concerning their magnitudes. We examine how Costa Rica’s national parks affect deforestation ...
Evaluating Interactions of Forest Conservation Policies on Avoided Deforestation
(2015)
We estimate the effects on deforestation that have resulted from policy interactions between parks and payments and between park buffers and payments in Costa Rica between 2000 and 2005. We show that the characteristics ...
Reputation and Household Recycling Practices: Field Experiments in Costa Rica.
(2013-12)
Pro-environmental behavior is the willingness to cooperate and contribute to environmental public goods. A good understanding of why individuals undertake pro-environmental actions is important in order to construct policies ...
Local Community Characteristics and Cooperation for Shared Green Reputation
(2016-01)
This article examines how basic socioeconomic and political factors are associated with higher levels of cooperation to garner a local community’s shared green reputation. We analyze panel data on participation efforts in ...
Unintended Effects of Targeting an Environmental Rebate
(Springer, Berlín (Alemania), 2015)
When designing schemes such as conditional cash transfers or payments for ecosystem services, the choice of whom to select and whom to exclude is critical.We incentivize and measure actual contributions to an environmental ...