News
- 2008-10-02 Francisco Alpizar invited to be a member of a Technical Advisory Committee for UNDP Francisco Alpizar has been invited to be a member of a Technical Advisory Committee in support of UNDP’s initiative exploring the Role of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services in Economic Growth and Equity for Latin America and Caribbean. The objective of this regional initiative is to prepare a report aimed at policy makers in the region, similar to the Stern Report or the Millenium Ecosystem Report. Preliminary results are expected in March 2009.
- 2008-10-01 | central america Research Fellows going for a Ph.D Research Fellows Milagro Saborío and Róger Madrigal depart from Costa Rica to realize their Ph.D studies abroad.
- 2008-09-26 | central america Tanya O’Garra joins the team in EfD Central America At the EfD Center hosted by CATIE, she will study preferences for different certified goods, including beaches, fair trade coffee, and organic produce.
- 2008-09-26 | central america Quality of Life in Urban Neighborhoods in Costa Rica Research Fellows Juan Robalino and Roger Madrigal made an important contribution for the Inter-American Development Bank’s project called Quality of Life in Urban Neighborhoods in Costa Rica.
- 2008-06-24 | central america | Agriculture Policy design Más preguntas que respuestas Francisco Alpízar y Milagro Saborío wrote an article for “La Nación” (1 June 2008) the most important newspaper in Costa Rica on the topic of biofuels. (Spanish only)
- 2008-02-18 Allen Blackman to EfD Central America Allen Blackman, senior research fellow at Resources for the Future (RFF), will spend one year at CATIE in Costa Rica. As resident advisor for the EfD Program for Central America, he will collaborate on research projects, help build links to RFF and academia in the US, and provide input on how to build a new center.
- 2008-01-23 | central america A Field Study in Cahuita National Park A promising EfD project aims to investigate the determinants of these contributions, understanding the motivations behind donations and how external factors influence them.
- 2007-12-21 Exploring the determinants of the performance of rural water utilities in Costa Rica This type of study in Costa Rica could be a key input into similar processes towards decentralization of natural resources management in the region.
