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Crisis del Estado Nacional hacia el siglo XXI. Estudio de las regiones fronterizas de Costa Rica, Nicaragua y Panamá
(1988)
Durante años al margen del interés de los dirigentes políticos, la Frontera Norte ha recibido una atención creciente en los ultimo diez años. Lo que era una frontera agrícola desde mediados del presente siglo, llego a ser ...
Parcs Nationaux et Développement Rural au Costa Rica: Mythes et Réalités
(1993)
Le Costa Rica jouit d'une réputation mondiale pour sa politique exemplaire de conservation, y ayant consacré plus de 20 % de son territoire national sous forme de parc naturels, réserves biologiques et forestières. Cette ...
Draft Principles and Guidelines for Integrating Ecosystem-Based Approaches to Adaptation in Project and Policy Design: A Discussion Document.
(2011)
Ecosystem-based approaches to reduce social vulnerability are a promising option for sustainable and efficient adaptation to climate change. Ecosystem based Adaptation (EbA) is part of overall adaptation, and takes into ...
The Interoceanic Canal and Boundaries in Central America: The case of the San Juan River
(1994)
The global political map is undergoing a process of rapid change as former
states disintegrate and new states emerge. Territorial change in the form of conflict over land and maritime boundaries is inevitable but the ...
Plant Disease, Pests and Erosion of Biodiversity
(2011)
Biodiversity is the variety of life, in all its forms. It provides the foods and medicines used around the world today, the fibre for clothes, many of the materials for shelter and houses, and a plethora of other goods and ...
Recursos Naturales, Medio Ambiente y Biodiversidad: la Contribución, las Responsabilidades y las Demandas de América Latina
(2010)
La naturaleza de América Latina ha sido tan pródiga que, a pesar de siglos de inserción al mercado mundial y de explotación intensiva de su base de recursos naturales, aún ostenta una extraordinaria diversidad biológica y ...
The Río San Juan
The Geopolitics and Ecopolitics of the Río San Juan
(1992)
Situated between two oceans and two countries in Central America, the Rio San Juan is both a transisthmian route and a transborder region. As a corridor between the Caribbean and the Pacific, the river has attracted foreign ...
Integrating Community and Ecosystem-Based Approaches in Climate Change Adaptation Responses
(2012)
This paper is the result of extensive discussions led by adaptation professionals coming from different backgrounds and facilitated by the Ecosystem and Livelihoods Adaptation Network (ELAN).ii ELAN is an innovative alliance ...
Scaling up the use of tools for community-based adaptation: issues and challenges
(2014)
Over the years, donor agencies, international organisations and NGOs have issued an array of guidance documents and tools on climate change adaptation and its integration into development programming, covering a broad ...
Biodiversity, Agrobiodiversity and Ecosystem Change
(2011)
Biodiversity is the variety of life, in all its forms. It provides the foods and medicines used around the world today, the fiber for clothes, and many of the materials for shelter and houses, and a plethora of other goods ...