Green Republic A Conservation History of Costa Rica

Name: Green Republic A Conservation History of Costa Rica
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ISBN: 9780292721012

ISBN-10: 0292721013

ISBN-13: 9780292721012

Edition: 1999

Authors: Sterling Evans

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With over 25 percent of its land set aside in national parks and other protected areas, Costa Rica is renowned worldwide as "the green republic." In this very readable history of conservation in Costa Rica, Sterling Evans explores the establishment of the country' national park system as a response to the rapid destruction of its tropical ecosystems due to the expansion of export-related agriculture.Drawing on interviews with key players in the conservation movement, as well as archival research, Evans traces the emergence of a conservation ethic among Costa Ricans and the tangible forms it has taken. In Part I, he describes the development of the national park system and "the grand…

Book details

List price: $29.95
Copyright year: 1999
Publisher: University of Texas Press
Publication date: 4/1/1999
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 335
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.188
Language: English

Sterling Evans is an associate professor of history at Brandon University in Manitoba. He is the author ofThe Green Republic: A Conservation History of Costa Ricaand the editor ofAmerican Indians in American History, 1870–2001: A Companion Reader.



Preface


Acknowledgments


Introduction



Costa Rica's History of Conservation



A Legacy of Scientific Thought and Tropical Research



The Environmental Problem



The Conservationist Response



The Development of National Parks and Other Protected Areas



Conservation Continued: The Oduber Years



Conservation through Crisis: Carazo and the Economy



Crisis Continued: The Monge Administration



Restructuring and Decentralizing Conservation



Building a Green Republic



Environmental Education: Framework for the Future



The Nongovernmental Approach



Oro Verde! Ecotourism for Economic Growth



The National Biodiversity Institute


Conclusion: "Picking Up the Gauntlet"



List of Acronyms



The Presidents of the Republic of Costa Rica, 1928-1998



The History of Controversy at Santa Rosa--A Besieged National Park



Anonymous Poem Regarding the Palo Verde National Park Controversy, Summer 1981



The National Conservation Strategy for Sustainable Development



Indigenous Population of Costa Rica by Region and Group


Notes


Bibliography


Index