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Do entrance fees crowd out donations for public goods? Evidence from a protected area in Costa Rica
(Cambridge University, Cambridge (Reino Unido), 2014-06-30)
In this paper, we investigate how different levels of entrance fees affect donations for a public good, a natural park. To explore this issue, we conducted a stated preference study focusing on visitors’ preferences for ...
Análisis participativo de medios de vida y propuesta de proyecto para el desarrollo de comunidades rurales atendidas por CERFOR en Retalhuleu, Guatemala
(2013-06-10)
El departamento de Retalhuleu, en el sur occidente de Guatemala, se caracteriza por la presencia de varias comunidades agrarias y rurales, las cuales se establecen en diferentes momentos históricos del país y bajo diferentes ...
Modelling Potential Equilibrium States of Vegetation and Terrestrial Water Cycle of Mesoamerica under Climate Change Scenarios
(2012)
The likelihood and magnitude of the impacts of climate change on potential vegetation and the water cycle
in Mesoamerica is evaluated. Mesoamerica is a global biodiversity hotspot with highly diverse topographic
and ...
Influence of topographic and edaphic factors on vulnerability to soil degradation due to cattle grazing in humid tropical mountains in northern Honduras
(2013-06-14)
Low altitude humid tropical mountains in Central America have experienced a process of livestock expansion during recent decades.However, the use of sloping areas for cattle grazingmay lead to significant soil degradation ...
Modelling the hydrological behaviour of a coffee agroforestry basin in Costa Rica
(2011)
The profitability of hydropower in Costa Rica
is affected by soil erosion and sedimentation in dam reservoirs,
which are in turn influenced by land use, infiltration
and aquifer interactions with surface water. In order ...
An assessment of climate change impacts on the tropical forests of Central America using the Holdridge Life Zone (HLZ) land classification system
(2013)
Ecological models have predicted shifts in forest biomes, yet there have been
very few studies that have looked at the implications on carbon stocks due to
these shifts. Carbon is closely correlated to biomass and ...
Las primeras ECAs silvopastoriles en Centroamérica y en Honduras
(2013-10-29)
La introducción de las Escuelas de Campo para Ganaderos (ECA) en Honduras inició con el proyecto CATIE-Noruega. Se conformaron equipos multidisciplinarios y multinstitucionales para el desarrollo y validación de una curricula ...