Monteverde : Ecology and Conservation of a Tropical Cloud Forest

THE CHANGING FACE OF TOURISM Sam Crosby 1974 A tourist arrives in Monteverde after long bus trips from San Jose to Puntarenas an ...

DEBT-FGR-NATURE SWAPS Leslie], Burlingame homas Lovejoy (WWF-US) proposed the inno- vative idea of debt-for-nature swaps in 1984 ...

watersheds unprotected, eliminated natural wind- breaks, and imported exotic crops. They sold their "im- proved" farms to cattle ...

In 1988, they articulated 12 ideals, including "har- mony between production and the environment" and "broad participation in de ...

LA BELLA FARM Leslie J. Buriingame he La Bella Farm (Finca La Bella) Project in San Luis (Fig. 1.7) is similar to the Buen Amigo ...

SIDA through Barnens Regnskog. A program in or- ganic gardening was started by volunteers with funds from the Monteverde Brand c ...

meeting and is a continuing community project sup- ported by MVI. The first proposed easements create a network of protected for ...

Although only 2-5% of butterfly eggs in the wild sur- vive to the adult stage, careful hand-raising allows for a 70-80% success ...

Many members of CASEM have also increased their understanding of the natural environment and have become more aware of the need ...

HUMAN VOICES AROUND THE FOREST Eugenio Vargas (reprinted with permission from Monteverde Journal, vol. 2, no, 2,1995) share thou ...

Cloud Forest Preserve. Biodiversity and Conservation 5:315-343. Baker, C. 1994. Costa Rica handbook. Moon Publications, Chico, C ...

MCL Annual Report. 1987-1998. MCL, Monteverde, Costa Rica. MCL Tapir Tracks. 1986-1995. Vols. 1(1) (July-Aug.) through 10(1) (Au ...

S. Annis, editor. Poverty, natural resources, and public TRI Working Paper No. 40. Tropical Resources Insti- policy in Central A ...

Agriculture in Monteverde Moving Toward Sustainability Katherine Griffith Daniel C. Peck Joseph Stuckey This chapter is an overv ...

Table 11.1. Monteverde area residents cited in Chapter 11. Resident Community Activities John Campbell Ovidio Leiton Jaime Lopez ...

Pronounced seasonally is a major factor that de- termines agricultural options in the area. The upland areas receive an annual a ...

Figure 11.1. Quaker settlers en route to Monteverde on the Pan American Highway in 1951. Photograph by John Campbell. small to g ...

tural development. Many were originally from Iowa and Alabama and were raised on dairy farms. They were familiar with high-produ ...

Figure 11.3. The deforested slopes of the Pacific foothills below Monteverde are due to burning, cattle grazing, and other agric ...

Table 11.3. Portrait of a typical upland dairy farm in the 1990s. Herd size Cow breeds Feed Stocking rate Milking Farm size Milk ...