This report evaluates sustainable development progress in Costa Rica, focusing on biodiversity, and provides 52 recommendations aimed at improving environmental performance.
This case study analyses how tax expenditures are classified and instrumentalized for climate impact in Costa Rica.
This working paper examines case studies of three communities in Bhutan, Ethiopia and Costa Rica that are already experiencing severe impacts of climate change.
This practice note examines how climate change is threatening coffee-growing regions in Costa Rica, specifically the Coto Brus region. The case study outlines key findings from this region, including main challenges and existing factors that present opportunities to enhance climate resilience, and recommends actions that key sectoral actors can take to improve the sector’s climate resilience and long-term sustainability.
This case study discusses the history, contributions, and hurdles faced by Costa Rica’s payment for ecosystem services (PES) programme, which was one of the first nationalized programmes of its kind. It also provides clear and concise recommendations of how the programme could be improved to balance conservation goals, development goals, and the provision of ecosystem services.
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This case study discusses the history, contributions, and hurdles faced by Costa Rica’s payment for ecosystem services (PES) programme, which was one of the first nationalized programmes of its kind. It also provides clear and concise recommendations of how the programme could...
This report examines the potential policy uses of the different varieties of resource and environmental accounts, particularly greener national accounting aggregates such as genuine savings and 'Eco-Domestic Product'.
This case study, Bridging the Policy and Investment Gap for Payment for Ecosystem Services: Learning from Costa Rican experience and roads ahead , based on an in-depth analysis drawn out of Costa Rican national Payment for Ecosystem Services (PES) program, addresses the key enabling conditions for sustainable PES development and provides a step-by-step guide for policymakers wishing to install similar programs (on either a national or sub-national level).
This case study looks at the governance of ecosystem services in four countries: Cameroon, China, Costa Rica, and Ecuador. It describes the existing legal and institutional frameworks, including the specific legal and policy instruments used to directly or indirectly govern the provision of ecosystem services.
This case study brings together the achievements, challenges, and lessons from the first five Wealth Accounting and the Evaluation of Ecosystems Services (WAVES) countries—Botswana, Colombia, Costa Rica, Madagascar, and the Philippines. The WAVES Partnership Program promotes the global implementation of natural capital accounting (NCA), which has included work to institutionalize NCA in a group of countries through a program of extensive, long-term technical support.