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Cacao agroforestry systems improve soil fertility: Comparison of soil properties between forest, cacao agroforestry systems, and pasture in the Colombian Amazon
(Elsevier, Ámsterdam (Países Bajos), 2021-01)
The objective of our work was to evaluate soil quality in different cacao agroforestry systems (AFS) in the Colombian Amazon. We compared soil quality of AFS at the study site with soil quality of two control systems: a ...
Biodiversidad y servicios ecosistémicos de bosques de montaña de la Cordillera de Talamanca, Costa Rica: investigación aplicada a la gestión para la adaptación al cambio climático
(Centro Agronómico Tropical de Investigación y Enseñanza (CATIE), 2020)
Los bosques de la Cordillera de Talamanca brindan innumerables beneficios a los costarricenses. Presenta tres objetivos; primero, describimos cómo los bosques de la vertiente Caribe de la Cordillera de Talamanca, y los ...
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 ...
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, ...