The ecolaboratory : environmental governance and economic development in Costa Rica / edited by Robert Fletcher, Brian Dowd-Uribe, and Guntra A. Aistara.

"Despite its tiny size and seeming marginality to world affairs, the Central American republic of Costa Rica has long been considered an important site for experimentation in cutting-edge environmental policy. From protected area management to ecotourism to payment for environmental services (P...

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Online Access: Full Text (via ProQuest)
Other Authors: Fletcher, Robert, 1973- (Editor), Dowd-Uribe, Brian (Editor), Aistara, Guntra A. (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Tucson : University of Arizona Press, 2020.
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction. Negotiating Environmental Governance and Economic Development in the Green Republic / Robert Fletcher, Guntra A. Aistara, and Brian Dowd-Uribe - Part I. Governing the Agrarian Economy
  • The Costa Rican Agrifood System, 1961-2014 : Assessing Neoliberalism's Impacts on Agriculture and Diets / Ryan E. Galt
  • Agrarian Questions, Neoliberalism, and the Persistence of the Costa Rican Coffee Peasantry / Nicholas Babin
  • Costa Rica's Farmers' Market Program : Aiding Farmer Livelihoods and Urban Food Security? / Brian Dowd- Uribe and Erin Raser
  • Gender and Climate Change in Smallholder Family Farms of Tierra Blanca, Cartago / Carolina Castillo Echeverria
  • Understanding the Impact of Costa Rica's Protectionist Rice Economy on Smallholder Farmers in Semi-arid Northwest Costa Rica / Benjamin P. Warner and Christopher P. Kuzdas
  • Seeding Organic Sovereignties in the Face of Free Trade / Guntra A. Aistara - Part II. Contesting Environmental Conservation
  • Paying for PES : Taxes, Tariffs, and the World Bank in Costa Rica / Brett S. Matulis and Robert Fletcher
  • Costa Rica's Forest Transition Revisited / Jan Breitling
  • A Fractured Mirror : Migration to National Park Buffer Zones as a Reflection of the Ecolaboratory / David M. Hoffman
  • An Ecolaboratory for Climate Politics? : Costa Rica's 2007 Carbon-Neutral Pledge / Julia A. Flagg
  • Bonds, Bridges, and Links to Development in Osa and Golfito, Costa Rica / Carter A. Hunt, William H. Durham, and Claire M. Menke
  • Waves of Development : Surf Tourism on Trial in Costa Rica / Tara Ruttenberg and J. Peter Brosius
  • Ecotourism-as-Conservation : Exploring the Decline of Leatherback Sea Turtles in Playa Grande, Costa Rica / Emily Benton Hite - Part III. Negotiating Resource Conflicts
  • REDD+, Social Inclusion, and Indigenous Peoples in Costa Rica / Alonso Ramirez Cover
  • Peace Parks : Nation Branding and Soft Power in Costa Rica / Karina Barquet and Ida Andersson
  • Of Dams and Development : Debating "Green" Energy Production in Costa Rica / Robert Fletcher and Jernej Frece
  • Conflict and Cooperation in Costa Rica's Water Sector : Lessons for Water Management / Christopher P. Kuzdas and Benjamin P. Warner
  • The Mining Ban Movement and the Role of Democratization in Costa Rica, El Salvador, and Honduras / Lynn Holland
  • Conclusion. Limits to Exceptionalism and Lessons from the Laboratory / Guntra A. Aistara, Robert Fletcher, and Brian Dowd-Uribe.