Community-based Conservation in Costa Rica

This topic submitted by Marcy Bauer ( bauermj@muohio.edu) at 10:33 PM on 3/24/04.

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I. Background of Costa Rican Conservation Efforts
A. Politics and the environment
B. National Park System

II. Community-based Conservation
A. Conceptual Overview
B. Applications on Costa Rica
1. drawbacks and advantages
2. examples of successful community-based methods
(a) ecotourism?
(b) indigenous park rangers/managers

III.Comparison of community-based methods to conventional and historical conservation methods
A. [brief] overview of conventional/historical methods
1. focus mainly on species or isolated habitat
2. outsiders (their $$) drive the scope
B. Comparison
1. Effects of conventional methods
(a) indigenous population
(i) displacement and marginalization
(ii) economics
(iii) lost cultural resources
(b) environmental effects
2. Effects of community-based methods
(a) indigenous population
(b) environmental effects

IV. Closing comments


References:
1 - The World Fact Book, web site located at http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/cs.html, accessed on 4 March 2004.

2 - Costa Rican National Chamber of Tourism, Ecotourism: A Natural History, web site located at http://costarica.tourism.co.cr/ecotourism.html accessed on 4 March 2004.

3 Ð Donovan, Richard, BOSCOSA: Forest Conservation and Management through Local Institutions (Costa Rica), Natural Connections: Perspectives in Community-based Conservation, edited by Western, David; Wright, Michael; Strum, Shirley, Washington, D.C., Island Press, c1994 (call no: QH75.A1 N337 1994)

4 Ð Allen, William, Green Phoenix: Restoring the Tropical Forests of Guanacaste, Costa Rica, Oxford University Press, 2001.

5 ÐWashing Hands with Soil: Restoring Forest and Land in Costa Rica, Forests for the future: local strategies for forest protection, economic welfare and social justice, edited by Wolvekamp, Paul et al., Zed Books, 1999 (call no: SD373 .F63 1999 )

6 Ð Paaby, Pia and Clark, David, Conservation and Local Naturalist Guide Traning Programs in Costa Rica, Conserving wildlife: international education and communication approaches, edited by Jacobson, Susan, Columbia University Press, 1995 (call no: QL83.15 .C65 1995 )

7 Ð Evans, Sterling, The Green Republic: A Conservation History of Costa Rica, University of Texas Press, 1999, 1st edition.


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