Monteverde : Ecology and Conservation of a Tropical Cloud Forest

Figure 10.2. George Powell, who was among the first biologists to carry out field studies in Monteverde and who was instrumental ...

the MCFP. Another portion, Cerro Amigos (1842 m) has several television towers on land leased to the government and private firm ...

Figure 10.4. Main building of the Monteverde Cloud Forest Preserve. Photograph by Leslie Burlingame. In 1972, Powell approached ...

to buy 6000 ha and then turn it over to TSC. By 1998, the deeds to the land had not been given to TSC be- cause of lack of agree ...

room building, a kiosk, ticket booth, workshop and stor- age building, and a parking lot. The TSC also improved relations with t ...

Figure 10.7. One of the three recycling stations estab- lished by the Monteverde Cloud Forest Preserve in the Monteverde Zone. P ...

Figure 10.8. Natural history guide Gary Diller O'Dell explaining the pollination biology ofXanthosoma to tourists in the Monteve ...

the Pefias Blancas Campaign as its contribution to the swap (W. Haber, pers. comm.). This swap provided MCL with $200,000 plus i ...

chase and later to protection (MCL Tapir Tracks, vol. 7, no. 1, 1992, S. Kinsman, pers. comm.). They also prepared educational r ...

pilot programs in natural history in schools (G. Vargas and W. Zuchowski, pers. comm.). The EEP also co- operated with other org ...

Forest Service (Direccion General Forestal, DGF) to cover expenses of planting and fencing in the form of a loan that was forgiv ...

tions. It focused on buffer zone management around the Monteverde Reserve Complex, particularly the protection of forest fragmen ...

a long-term lease on this farm to the Santa Elena high school. The school, which focused on vocational training in agriculture a ...

Nuboso de Monteverde, was established by commu- nity leaders to operate SER and use its profits to im- prove local education and ...

Table 10.1. Number of students in Monteverde Institute courses by fiscal year (October-September). Fiscal Year 1986-87 1987-88 1 ...

need training and materials, which have come pri- marily from the environmental education programs at the MCFP and MCL (M. Diaz, ...

the eighth grade and matriculated 130 students, more than half of whom were on scholarships (Cloud For- est School Foundation 19 ...

Enlace Verde (see Scrimshaw et al., "Conservation Easements," pp. 381-382), and TSC's proposed bio- logical corridor from the MC ...

10.8.2. Failures or Problems of Conservation Organizations Disputes or tensions exist among some conservation groups that are re ...

Rica and other tropical countries. The MVI is prob- ably the most difficult organization to use as a model because it requires a ...