The Costa Rican Experience with Market Instruments to Mitigate Climate Change and Conserve Biodiversity
@article{Castro2000TheCR, title={The Costa Rican Experience with Market Instruments to Mitigate Climate Change and Conserve Biodiversity}, author={R Castro and Franz Tattenbach and Luis Enrique Vidal G{\'a}mez and Naomi Olson}, journal={Environmental Monitoring and Assessment}, year={2000}, volume={61}, pages={75-92} }
Two decades of developing relevant legal and institutional regimes for the sustainable and nondestructive use of natural resources have framed Costa Rica's pioneer approach to mitigate climate change and conserve its rich biological diversity. This policy framework provides an appropriate context for the actual and proposed development of market instruments designed to attract capital investments for carbon sequestration and biodiversity conservation, and allows the establishment of mechanisms… CONTINUE READING
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