The Quetzal and the Macaw: the story of Costa Rica's national parks
Costa Rica lost almost half its forest cover from 1950 to 1990, much of it burned to clear pasture for cattle. In the last two decades, however, millions of acres of Costa Rican forests have been saved by a national park system that now ranks as one of the most effective in the world. This achieveme...
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| Zusammenfassung: | Costa Rica lost almost half its forest cover from 1950 to 1990, much of it burned to clear pasture for cattle. In the last two decades, however, millions of acres of Costa Rican forests have been saved by a national park system that now ranks as one of the most effective in the world. This achievement holds valuable lessons for conservationists everywhere. In The Quetzal and the Macaw, acclaimed naturalist and award-winning author David Rains Wallace traces the growth of Costa Rica's park system from uncertain beginnings (early park employees weren't even sure what national parks were) to the present, when the park system shelters about ten percent of the nation's land--forests, mountains, beaches, wetlands, and other ecosystems--from destruction or commercial exploitation. |
| Beschreibung: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 211-213) and indexes |
| Beschreibung: | xvi, 222 p. maps 24 cm |
| ISBN: | 0871565854 |
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and
the Macaw
The Story of Costa Rica s National Parks
by
DAVID RAINS WALLACE
Sierra Club Books • San Francisco
Contents
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS IX
INTRODUCTION XiH
one The Nicoya Peninsula 1
two The Two Students 11
three The Quetzal and the Macaw 23
four Reefs, Rainforests, Caves, Ruins, and Rookeries 36
five Capitalists and Communists 46
six The Osa Peninsula 53
seven Corcovado National Park 66
eight Watersheds 75
nine The Zoo and the Sandinistas 82
ten Additions and Subtractions 88
eleven Thinking Big 99
twelve Private Partners 107
thirteen Ecotourism 117
fourteen The Desecration of Corcovado 128
fifteen Branching Out 145
sixteen Boosting the GNP 157
seventeen In the Land of the URCs 171
eighteen The Two Students Return 181
nineteen Cabo Blanco 199
BIBLIOGRAPHY 211
INDEX 21$
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