How Costa Rica's biodiversity-infrastructure balance makes it a …
2022年5月3日 · We believe that, rather than building large resorts or multilane roads, countries would be wise to adopt Costa Rica’s model of tourism infrastructure, which is mainly small ecolodges and nature hostels. Sustainability is a central theme of the nation’s tourism policy, which emphasizes supporting small- and medium-sized businesses.
Costa Rica is one of the world's happiest countries. Here's what it ...
2019年1月31日 · Costa Rica generates more than 99% of its electricity from renewable sources, with the vast majority from hydroelectric dams. While this is a major achievement, electricity only represents a small proportion of the country’s energy usage, as many homes use gas for heating, and fuel for their cars.
How Germany and Costa Rica are putting nature at the heart of …
2020年9月30日 · He highlights Costa Rica's new + Natura Strategy, which “consists of an umbrella public policy that encompasses all the initiatives of nature-based solutions, including payments for environmental services and the promotion of new initiatives that create local linkages and sustainable business models”.
Costa Rica has doubled its tropical rainforests in just a few …
2019年6月13日 · The forests were cleared as crews of lumberjacks freely converted Costa Rica’s natural resources into profits. By the early 1980s, the destruction of two-thirds of the forests had ravaged the habitats of indigenous creatures such as the golden toad and poison dart frog.
Climate finance: What are debt-for-nature swaps and how can …
2024年4月26日 · The first debt-for-nature agreement was signed between US-based environmental non-profit Conservation International and Bolivia in 1987. Since then, Costa Rica, the Philippines, Belize, Barbados and Seychelles, among others, have all entered into similar agreements – with around 140 swaps in total.
These are the nature-based solutions cleaning up our roads
2023年4月21日 · Nature-based solutions lean on the strengths and advantages the natural world confers to address challenges — and are key to fighting climate change. They are critical for cutting the nearly 6 gigatonnes of carbon emitted every year by transport on our roads. Nature-based solutions can be radical — think covering a highway with a park ...
COP27: What are debt-for-climate swaps and how can they help
2022年11月9日 · Costa Rica has carried out two debt-for-nature swaps with the United States. Image: REUTERS/Regis Duvignau While debt-for-nature swaps have been used mostly for conservation, the same concept could be expanded to climate change mitigation and adaptation activities, such as building solar farms or sea walls.
New Nature Economy Report II: The Future of Nature and Business
2020年7月14日 · The Future of Nature and Business, prepared in collaboration with AlphaBeta is the second of three reports in the World Economic Forum’s New Nature Economy series. It provides the practical insights needed to take leadership in shifting towards a much needed nature-positive economy as the world prepares to recover from the COVID-19 pandemic and …
The innovative climate finance model that has protected over 120 ...
2023年7月31日 · This model has already been applied to conservation initiatives in Bhutan, Brazil, Canada, Colombia, Costa Rica and Peru. Together, these projects have financed the protection of over 120 million hectares – all to the benefit of local communities, biodiversity and the climate.
Protect, manage, restore: a formula to end deforestation
2022年8月11日 · Costa Rica reversed a decades-long trend of deforestation with early conservation and restoration policies, including eliminating cattle ranching subsidies and implementing a payment for an ecosystem services scheme. Between 1986-2013, annual deforestation decreased while forest regeneration substantially increased. The country …