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Nous fournissons des preuves et des solutions concrètes pour transformer l’utilisation des terres et la production alimentaire : conserver et restaurer les écosystèmes, répondre aux crises mondiales du climat, de la malnutrition, de la biodiversité et de la désertification. En bref, nous améliorons la vie des populations.

CIFOR-ICRAF publie chaque année plus de 750 publications sur l’agroforesterie, les forêts et le changement climatique, la restauration des paysages, les droits, la politique forestière et bien d’autres sujets encore, et ce dans plusieurs langues. .

CIFOR-ICRAF s’attaque aux défis et aux opportunités locales tout en apportant des solutions aux problèmes mondiaux concernant les forêts, les paysages, les populations et la planète.

Nous fournissons des preuves et des solutions concrètes pour transformer l’utilisation des terres et la production alimentaire : conserver et restaurer les écosystèmes, répondre aux crises mondiales du climat, de la malnutrition, de la biodiversité et de la désertification. En bref, nous améliorons la vie des populations.

CIFOR–ICRAF publishes over 750 publications every year on agroforestry, forests and climate change, landscape restoration, rights, forest policy and much more – in multiple languages.

CIFOR–ICRAF addresses local challenges and opportunities while providing solutions to global problems for forests, landscapes, people and the planet.

We deliver actionable evidence and solutions to transform how land is used and how food is produced: conserving and restoring ecosystems, responding to the global climate, malnutrition, biodiversity and desertification crises. In short, improving people’s lives.

The political dimension of implementing environmental reform: lessons from Costa Rica

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This chapter examines the political and economic factors that explain why certain environmental policy reforms have been more successful in Costa Rica than others. In particular, it looks at why the country has advanced much faster in terms of reducing deforestation and creating national parks than it has in the case of reducing urban air pollution. Reducing hazards associated with agricultural pesticides is presented as an intermediary case. The basic explanation given is that the Costa Rican economy (and power structure) was already moving away from extensive cattle ranching, which made it easier to conserve forests. On the other hand, the general context of structural adjustment and trade liberalization led to a massive influx of used cars, and that was a very popular policy among groups that were able to purchase cars for the first time.
    Année de publication

    1996

    Auteurs

    Kaimowitz, D.; Segura, O.

    Langue

    English

    Mots clés

    politics, dimensions, environmental policy

    Géographique

    Costa Rica

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