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Permanence of PES and the role of social context in the Regional Integrated Silvo-pastoral Ecosystem Management Project in Costa Rica
(Elsevier, Ámsterdam (Países Bajos), 2021-07)
We present rare, empirical evidence on the permanence of land use changes induced by a payments for ecosystem services (PES) program. A follow-up study was conducted a decade after the end of the Regional Integrated ...
Shade tree identity rather than diversity influences soil macrofauna in cacao-based agroforestry systems
(Elsevier, Ámsterdam (Netherlands), 2021-09)
Humanity is facing a rapid decline in global biodiversity, caused mainly by tropical deforestation through industrial and smallholder agriculture. However, smallholder agriculture landscapes host areas containing home ...
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 ...
Latin American and Caribbean Forests in the 2020s: Trends, Challenges, and Opportunities
(Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo, San José (Costa Rica), 2020-05)
Forests are among Latin America and the Caribbean’s (LAC’s) crown jewels. The region boasts roughly a third of the world’s forests, half of its tropical forests, and a quarter of its mangroves (Blackman et al. 2014). This ...
Mixed and pure tree plantations with native species at La Selva Biological station, Costa Rica: growth, productivity, nutrient cycling and recovery of ecosystem biodiversity; a project funded by: the A.W. Mellon Foundation results from 1990-1999 collection for articles
(Centro Agronómico Tropical de Investigación y Enseñanza (CATIE), Turrialba (Costa Rica), 1999)
Pest management in Mesoamerican agroecosystems
(CRC PRESS, 2003)
Securing our future: CATIE's germplasm collections = Asegurando nuestro futuro: colecciones de germoplasma del CATIE
(Centro Agronómico Tropical de Investigación y Enseñanza (CATIE), 2007)
Además de su conocido valor como colecciones de plantas ornamentales o con otras características atrayentes, los jardínes botánicos y las colecciones de germoplasma tienen funciones menos conocidas. Son centros de investigación ...
Diversidade da comunidade de plantas invasoras em sistemas agroflorestais com café em Turrialba, Costa Rica
(CATIE, Turrialba (Costa Rica), 2008)
The objective of this work was to evaluate the floristic composition of spontaneous species in coffee (Coffea arabica L.) cultivated in full sun and in agroforestry systems, under organic and conventional management.Twenty ...