Sustainability And Conservation In Costa Rica

Costa Rica is certainly more than a vacation location, It a place that makes you want to come back for many long lifetime memories. It a place that gives you interactive experience each day. The country provides a collection of biodiversity and environmental charm in which you want to crave more each day. With royal volcanoes, foggy cloud forests, stunning river valleys, and tons of beaches along both the Pacific and Caribbean coasts. Costa Rica can grant you an amazing story that you can explore with its lovely geographic location. It shows the history of how peaceful and family driven culture is. So came explore what we call Costa Rica.

When arriving to the Dominican Republic it was as if a whole new world opened up to me. Puerto Plata was full of different changes; the streets were full of wandering animals, there wasn’t as many cars as there is back home, and mopeds were racing with several people on them at a time. The differences that I experienced were nothing that I have seen before. America is in constant expansion of technology while the Dominican is further set back. When you travel to different parts of the world you begin to see how people live their lives differently. The culture along with the aspects of living are completely different from what we are used to seeing in our everyday lives.

The City of Sanibel is a 12 mile long island (12,000 acres) with ecosystems ranges from coastal beaches, dunes, upland ridges to freshwater wetland to mangrove swamps off the in the Gulf of Mexico (Duerksen & Snyder, 2005). This small community cherishes its cultural, social, ecological, and economic diversity. Their permanent population of 6,000 residents choose to live in harmony with nature; creating a human settlement distinguished by its diversity, beauty, uniqueness, character, and stewardship. Sanibel has become know as the most effective and progressive nature and biodiversity protection program in the U.S.

Plan Colombia is a long-prevailing foreign aid package bestowed to the country of Colombia from the United States. This foreign aid package grants substantial financial assistance to Colombia, intending to fight the “War on Drugs” and to reduce the trafficking of narcoleptics, but there is a multitude of other factors and implications, both unintentional or indirect and intentional due to ulterior motives. To accomplish the goals of Plan Colombia, most of the aid has been provided in the form of armed forces. This situation is complicated because of the ongoing civil war between the government of Colombia and the left-wing Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia - People’s Army (FARC). Additionally making matters difficult has

Shane Lane, talks about harmonizing and dishamornizing human and natural environments. Here the focus is on the basic issues concerning the environment, Stea and Lane point out that urbanization and deforestation are some of the key factors causing the environmental issues. The authors make mention that there are recent improvements Latin America to preserve the environment. These preservation programs include inventive use of alternative energy sources, forest preservation, and creating ways in which to engage the private sector. However, most of these efforts are remedial instead of preventative, this is in part because identification and prioritization of environmental issues varies from country to country in Latin

Deforestation, pollution, poaching, and soil abuse are just four of the innumerable factors that lead to deleterious effects on the environment. With more and more trees falling under the determined chainsaws and axe blows of illegal loggers and soil loss from tenuous irrigation methods, South American governments have a rising concern to protect its ecosystem. But an unusual, and equally controversial, solution came not within the restraining bounds of the country borders, but from the efforts of the American multi-millionaire and philanthropic conservationist, Douglas Tompkins. Concerned about the ecology of South America, Tompkins purchased sumptuous strips of forest land to shield it from the venomous ways of poachers and illegal loggers.

A global American ‘responsibility’ for maintaining order and justice, coupled with an idea of American superiority of it’s own values and personnel. President Reagan, like Kennedy was opposed to using the U.S. military to oust Nicaraguan leader Batista, on the President’s behest, the C.I.A began conducting operations in the country to usurp him. They favored one rebel group known as the ‘Contras’. They paid rebel leaders upwards of $7000 a month. However, also known to the C.I.A was that Contra rebels main proceeds came from cocaine trafficking, the majority of which ended up on U.S shores (particularly Florida), and has notorious cases of human rights abuses, such as the torture and rape of several villages in 1981. SO notorious, that U.S. congress specifically banned direct U.S government support of the rebels. The C.I.A countered this, using the proceeds of weapons trading with Iran (also prohibited by Congress), to supply them with arms and material. Not only did the C.I.A again engage in a war by proxy, but their ignoring of the Contras human rights record, trading with Iran and disobeying Congress demonstrated how highly it regarded it’s aforementioned global responsibility. It ignored the very fabric of justice and order (Congress) in the name of protecting those very values, and in

Imagine waking up to a beautiful view every day, without a care in the world about the expenses of life, but instead enjoying the perfect weather that makes life just that easier. This would be the perfect description for the beautiful land of Mexico, that has proven itself to be one of the finest places to live in. This country would be one of the top three locations people would consider moving to when they no longer find their way of living in their country to be worthwhile. They are not only attracted to the great climate, but the affordable cost of living and job opportunities that are offered to them. Most people decide to move to Mexico when they retire so that they can enjoy the luxurious resorts and attractions. In fact, Mexico has

Much of Latin American historiography that discusses the Cold War Era also briefly touches on the Costa Rican exceptionalism when reviewing the topic of violence, corruption, and dictatorship in many countries in the Caribbean, Central America, and South America. However, as the historians that will be discussed in this section show, that it is not entirely accurate. Like, many Latin American nations during the Cold War, Costa Rica faced its period of violence and corruption that culminated in a civil war followed by a period of the junta. It was only after the end of the junta that Costa Rica became an exception to the violence that occurred in the various nations surrounding it. The following scholars are the few that have spent considerable time reviewing the Costa Rican Civil War; Charles D. Ameringer, author of Democracy in Costa

Many in the region of South and Central America have had a similar base structure of development. While the native population of each state differed by cultural aspects and population size, all were subjected to the Spanish inquisition. Despite having similar past, issues, and economic source, there were some differing aspects in which allowed each state to be unique. Costa Rica is one such place, who differed slightly throughout and happened to make choices in which lead them to have a different outcome than that of its neighbors

As for secondary sources I intended on referring to a variety of different sources, some of which will look at other nations and how they developed during the cold war era. This will help me access in what ways Costa Rica was unique. Continuing reviewing secondary sources I hope to review how the role of neo-imperialism affected the recourses to the civil war itself and if the United States played any major role after the Figueres left office. I also believe that the secondary sources I use will allow me to place the narrative of Costa Rica’s civil war in historical context compared to other nations around this era. I hope to briefly compare Costa Rica’s civil war with that of other nations.

Human activities in the two countries have contributed to environmental degradation and decline in biodiversity. While both Costa Rica and El Salvador have biosphere, hydrosphere, lithosphere, atmosphere suitable for plants and animals, the two countries face a great problem of environmental degradation putting their physical geography, plants, and animals at risk. Environmental Sustainability Challenges Costa Rica One of the environmental sustainability issues facing Costa Rica is deforestation. This involves the destruction of vast tracks of forest land through forestry practices that are not sustainable without replacement. The problem of deforestation arose because of the population explosion that necessitated for more space for agricultural

The main problem that is being faced by many countries in this world including Costa Rica is Deforestation. According to the recent study research by (American Latina 2011) , it is stated that 20,000 acres of land is being deforested every year in Costa Rica and only a small part of the lush forest is still standing. Costa Rica have created successful community-led reforestation programs called “Forest on Farms”and “Project Guacimal Basin”. About 400,000 tress were planted in the Pacific slope forest and Atlantic side along the rivers and forests (............). Besides that, protection and monitoring programs have also been implemented by including a cooperative effort with authorities and law enforcement to avoid illegal practices such as

This paper will talk about the sustainability of Costa Rica and the electrical system within its delivery system. Costa Rica has determined that its future depends on its Pura Vida lifestyle as well as its sustainable electrical grid. The people and the economy of Costa Rica depend on this sustainability and all that it leads to in its heavily dominated tourist economy.

Costa Rica has coastlines on the Caribbean Sea and Pacific Ocean. Costa Rica's geography mainly consists of five towering mountain ranges: the Central Mountain Range (Cordillera Central), the Talamanca Mountain Range (Cordillera de Talamanca), the Tilaran Mountain Range (Cordillera de Tilaran), the Guanacaste Mountain Range (Cordillera de Guanacaste) and the Escazu Hills (Cerros de Escazu).Costa Rica boasts at least 60 volcanoes, five of which are active (Poas Volcano, Irazu Volcano, Arenal Volcano, Rincón de la Vieja Volcano and Turrialba Volcano).