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Evaluations for sustainable forest management: towards an adaptive standard for the evaluation of the ecological sustainability of forest management in Costa Rica
(Centro Agronómico Tropical de Investigación y Enseñanza (CATIE), 2002)
The evaluation of the sustainability of forest management is an integral measure in the maintenance of production, and the ecological and socioeconomic functions of forest systems and should consider both the fulfillment ...
Agricultural training in the Central American Isthmus: technical report July-September 1981
(CATIE, Turrialba (Costa Rica). Unidad de Capacitación, 1981)
The Project “Agricultural Training in the Central American isthmus” is being carried out by the Tropical Agricultural Research and Training Center, CATIE; this Project has a scheduled duration of four years, beginning in ...
Associations between cacao (Theobroma cacao) and shade trees in Southern Bahia Brazil
(CATIE, Turrialba (Costa Rica) | GTZ, Eschborn (Alemania), 1987)
A review is made of the information on Theobroma - shade tree combination in the south of Bahía, Brazil. Following a description of the climatic characteristics of the area, the principal shade trees species are presented. ...
Agriculture in the atlantic zone of Costa Rica: summarizing report of an exploratory survey
(CATIE, Turrialba (Costa Rica). Agricultural Univ. of Wageningen, Wageningen (Países Bajos). Ministerio de Agricultura y Ganadería, San José (Costa Rica), 1987)
The objective of the exploratory survey was a rapid identification of: 1) the most important land use systems; 2) the physiographic land units, and 3) agricultural problems of the Atlantic Zone so as to enable selection ...
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 ...