In the Atlantic Zone programme in Guápiles, Costa Rica a research is done on land use and land use planning. One of the crops of this Atlantic Zone is Palm heart (Bactris gasipaes H.B.K.). This palm tree is grown since ...

POLICYMIX aims to contribute to achieving the EUs goals of reversing trends in biodiversity loss beyond 2010 through the use of cost-effective and incentive compatible economic instruments. POLICYMIX focuses on the role ...

With the growing recognition that effective action on climate change will require a combination of emissions reductions and carbon sequestration, protecting, enhancing and restoring natural carbon sinks have become ...

Background. Malnutrition affects a large number of people throughout the developing world. Approaches to reducing malnutrition rarely focus on ecology and agriculture to simultaneously improve human nutrition and environmental ...

Se presenta un informe sobre el uso adecuado de los recursos de los manglares en las zonas de Estero Real en Nicaragua y Térraba-Sierpe en Costa Rica. Se describen los objetivos generales y específicos del plan de trabajo, ...

The importance of tropical timber is increasing worldwide. However, the timber supply of tropical forests has been greatly impacted by growing deforestation associated with complex and restrictive timber harvest laws. In ...