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Conservation Strategies, Protected Areas, and Ecotourism in Costa Rica

, 2018
Over the past two decades, ecotourism in Costa Rica has played a meaningful role in the country’s economy, mainly in low-income, rural communities. The country’s environmental sustainability is discussed in this study.
Ricardo Sânchez
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The nest architecture of stingless bees with special reference to those of Costa Rica

, 2016
Apparatus operative to selectively discharge substantially all or only a predetermined portion of the water within the flush tank of a toilet. The apparatus includes an open ended float having selectively regulatable venting ports for controlling float ...
A. Wille, C. Michener
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A guide to the winged aphids (Homoptera) of Costa Rica.

Revista de Biología Tropical, 2016
This guide is a compilation of limited morphological and biological information on the winged morphs of 60 species of aphids that have been collected in Costa Rica.
D. Voegtlin, W. Villalobos, M. V. Sánchez, G. Saborío-R, C. Rivera   +4 more
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Costa-Rica

Le Globe. Revue genevoise de géographie
Kaltbrunner D. Costa-Rica. In: Le Globe. Revue genevoise de géographie, tome 6, 1867. pp. 255-315.
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Costa-Rica

Le Globe. Revue genevoise de géographie, 1871
Peralta Manuel M. Costa-Rica. In: Le Globe. Revue genevoise de géographie, tome 10, 1871. pp. 15-30.
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Sustainability and peace in Costa Rica: the case of University of Costa Rica [PDF]

Higher Education Policy, 2002
This article describes initiatives at the University of Costa Rica, which, in combination with national programs, have strengthened the country's commitment to sustainable development over the past 15 years. It discusses the University's role in defining a national perspective on sustainability starting in 1987, as well as the evolution of the ...
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New species of Geosmithia and Graphium associated with ambrosia beetles in Costa Rica.

, 2015
Geosmithia cnesini sp. nov. is a dominant symbiont of the ambrosia beetle Cnesinus lecontei collected from Croton draco in Costa Rica. This fungus is characterised by whitish colonies and penicillate conidiophores with extraordinary large catenate ...
M. Kolařík, J. Hulcr, L. Kirkendall
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Unequal Access to Payments for Ecosystem Services: The Case of Costa Rica

, 2014
type="main"> Using Costa Rica's experience with its payments for ecosystem services (PES) programme, this article examines how and why some groups come to be excluded from participating in the programme.
David M. Lansing
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Agromyzidae in Costa Rica.

1973
Das Ergebnis einer Untersuchung der Agromyzidae aus der Sammlung des ehemaligen Deutschen Entomologischen Institutes von Costa Rica wird vorgelegt. Ungefähr 1000 Exemplare wurden untersucht. Da sich das Material in einem schlechten Zustand befindet, konnten nur 21 Arten identifiziert und drei neue Arten beschrieben werden (zwei davon in diesem Beitrag).
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Costa Rica (CR)

1982
Gestutzt auf relativ stetige Wachstumsraten hat CR seit den 50er Jahren mit Erfolg eine ausgewogenere Wirtschaftsstruktur angestrebt. Der Anteil der Land- und Forstwirtschaft am BIP, der 1955 noch ca. 40% betragen hatte, ging auf ca. 20% (1978) zuruck, doch nimmt der Sektor nach wie vor den ersten Rang innerhalb der produzierenden Wirtschaft ein ...
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