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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 ...
Family farming as a key element of the multifunctional and territorialized agrifood systems as witnessed in the South Pacific Region of Costa Rica
(2022-03-20)
In Central America, Family Farming (FF) is characterized by the fostering of endogenous development, self-sustaining economies, food safety and upholding the values of the agricultural landscape. However, government ...
Exporting consumption: Lifestyle migration and energy use
(2020-03)
This paper examines how international population movements from highly developed to less developed countries spread environmentally-impactful consumption habits around the world. Lifestyle migration, a phenomenon whereby ...
Fuerzas centrífugas y centrípetas en el Pacífico Sur de Costa Rica: Los impactos de la expansión agroindustrial
Centrifugal and centripetal forces in the South Pacific territory of Costa Rica: The impacts of agroindustrial expansion
(2022-01-26)
Dentro del contexto Centroamericano, la región Pacífico Sur de Costa Rica destaca por su riqueza cultural y biológica; pero también por la manifestación de los impactos negativos de la expansión agroindustrial. Históricamente, ...
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 ...