Essays about: "Monteverde"

Found 4 essays containing the word Monteverde.

  1. 1. Influence of Grassroots Movements on Sustainability Transformations in Monteverde, Costa Rica

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

    Author : Valeria Lobaton Verduzco; [2021]
    Keywords : Business and Economics;

    Abstract : This thesis analyses the relationship between sustainability transformations and grassroots movements in Monteverde, Costa Rica. The focus is toward understanding the influence of community-based initiatives on transformations that have sustainability as a goal, due to their potential for shaping society and addressing challenges such as climate change. READ MORE

  3. 2. Ecotourism and Residents’ Well-being: A Case Study from Monteverde, Costa Rica, during the COVID-19 Pandemic

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

    Author : Frank Schönberg; [2021]
    Keywords : Ecotourism; Well-being; Residents; Costa Rica; COVID-19; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : The global COVID-19 pandemic is having tremendous adverse effects on human well-being and the tourism industry, revealing its high vulnerability, and putting the current system into question. A promising more sustainable tourism concept constitutes ecotourism albeit its impacts on residents’ well-being remain unexplored. READ MORE

  4. 3. Balancing social and environmental sustainability: A qualitative case study about the social impacts of the Payments for Ecosystem Services program on rural farmers in Costa Rica

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för globala studier

    Author : Emma Ramirez; [2020-11-11]
    Keywords : Costa Rica; Guacimal; Monteverde; Environment; Payments for Environmental Services; Sustainability; Critical Sustainability;

    Abstract : Costa Rica has long been considered a leader in environmentally sustainable policy actions as the country aims to have 70% forest cover and much of their success has been attributed to the Payment for Environmental Services (PES) program. The program pays landowners to conserve their forests for the benefits nature provides, such as biodiversity, storing carbon, scenic beauty and fresh water regulation. READ MORE

  5. 4. Community Food Systems : Working towards Sustainability and Satisfying Human Needs

    University essay from Blekinge Tekniska Högskola/Avdelningen för maskinteknik

    Author : Monique Monteverde; Katie Pease; Anthony W. Thompson; [2007]
    Keywords : Food system; human needs; community; sustainability; strategic sustainable development; systems thinking;

    Abstract : Abstract: A community food system (CFS) can assist a community in satisfying human needs while also working toward a principle-based understanding of sustainability. Utilizing a whole-systems perspective and the Framework for Strategic Sustainable Development, we identify generic satisfiers of human needs (as defined by Max-Neef: Subsistence, Participation, Identity, Idleness, Creation, Freedom, Affection, Understanding and Protection) that are affected by a CFS. READ MORE