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Costa Rica Makes Use of New Climate-Smart Agriculture Tool

Posted on April 7, 2015 by Andrew Burger | 0 Comments

Tropical forest conservation has been a hallmark of Costa Rica’s ecosystems-based development model. Now, Costa Rican farmers are making use of a new climate-smart software tool developed by the World Bank and UN FAO to enhance output as well as enhance resiliency and reduce GHG emissions and environmental degradation.

A Roadmap of a Roadmap for a Sustainable, Fossil-Fuel Free Central America

Posted on September 3, 2013 by Andrew Burger | 0 Comments

A rapid transition to sustainable, fossil fuel-free Central American economies and societies powered and fueled entirely by renewable energy resources is not only technically possible and cost effective, but would be socioeconomically beneficial, according to a new report from the Worldwatch Institute, with support from the Climate and Development Knowledge Network (CDKN) and Costa Rica’s INCAE Business School. Central American…

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Preserving the forest is the mission of La Reserva Forest Foundation in Costa Rica

Learning the Birds

Posted on September 20, 2012 by Thomas Schueneman | 0 Comments

Special feature by Roberta Ward Smiley My husband, Dan and I came to Costa Rica over 29 years ago because we wanted to have our own farm and couldn’t afford to buy land in the US. After having a dairy and then beef cattle for 15 years on the 40 hectares we bought in 1983 we witnessed, first hand, the…

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Nature Tourism Boosts Local Economies along with Environmental Conservation, “Green” Practices

Posted on April 10, 2012 by Andrew Burger | 0 Comments

Successful nature tourism businesses in Costa Rica “walk the walk” as well as “talk the talk” when it comes to boosting their businesses and environmental conservation, a University of Florida study reveals.

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