Browsing by Subject "DEFORESTATION"
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Comparison of land use change in payments for environmental services and National Biological Corridor Programs
(Elsevier, 2017-04-20)Costa Rica established the National Biological Corridors Program in 2006. Within the framework of the National Program for Biological Corridors, the long-standing Biological Corridor, the long-standing Payment for Environmental ... -
Deforestation processes in the livestock territory of La Vía Láctea, Matagalpa, Nicaragua
(Taylor and Francis Ltd., 2019-05-04)Land-use change is considered one of the main causes of environmental degradation. Thus, its analysis will allow stakeholders to make reasonable decisions for land management. The objective of the present study was ... -
Implementación de los instrumentos de producción en el Sector Forestal de la Península de Nicoya, Costa Rica: El caso de pago de servicios ambientales y la certificación Forestal.
(Universidad Nacional, Costa Rica, 2014)La investigación analiza la implementación de dos instrumentos de fomento a la producción de madera proveniente de plantación forestal comercial en la Península de Nicoya de Costa Rica. El análisis utiliza el abordaje ... -
The Impact of Deforestation, Urbanization, and Changing Land Use Patterns on the Ecology of Mosquito and Tick-Borne Diseases in Central America
(MDPI, 2021)Central America is a unique geographical region that connects North and South America, enclosed by the Caribbean Sea to the East, and the Pacific Ocean to the West. This region, encom- passing Belize, Costa Rica, ... -
Valoración del riesgo de deforestación fututa en Costa Rica
(Universidad Nacional (Costa Rica), 2001)El artículo expone un procedimiento para estimar los riesgos de deforestación futura de Costa Rica. Se utiliza un sistema de información geográfica con capas de datos en formato “raster”, que divide el territorio nacional ...