Sources and Citations

Peer Reviewed Sources:

  1. Juan Robalino. and Alexander Pfaff. “Ecopayments and Deforestation in Costa Rica: A Nationwide Analysis of PSA’s Initial Years.”Land Economics89.3 (2013): 432-448. Project MUSE. Web. 4 Feb. 2016. <https://muse.jhu.edu/>.

2. Peter C. Roebeling, Eligius M.T. Hendrix, Land speculation and interest rate subsidies as a cause of deforestation: The role of cattle ranching in Costa Rica, Land Use Policy, Volume 27, Issue 2, April 2010, Pages 489-496, ISSN 0264-8377, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.landusepol.2009.07.002.

  1. Rosero-Bixby, Luis and Palloni, Alberto. “Population and Deforestation in Costa Rica” Population and Environment, ISSN 0199-0039, 11/1998, Volume 20, Issue 2, pp. 149 – 185

 

Other sources:

  1. https://www.unece.org/fileadmin/DAM/timber/publications/UNited_Forests_Newsletter/3-international_day_of_forests_Ambassador_Dengo.pdf (Forest Statistics)
  2. http://rainforests.mongabay.com/20costarica.htm (Forest Statistics and History)
  3. https://treeswaterpeople.files.wordpress.com/2012/02/change-forest-cover-costa-rica.jpg (Map Image)
  4. http://www.elfinancierocr.com/economia-y-politica/Censo_2011-INEC-Centro_Centroamericano_de_Poblacion-correccion_0_266373372.html (Population Information)
  5. http://data.worldbank.org/indicator/NY.GNP.PCAP.PP.CD (GNI Information)
  6. http://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.RUR.TOTL (Population Information)
  7. http://www.vivacostarica.com/costa-rica-information/costa-rica-deforestation.html (History Information)
  8. http://www.economist.com/news/international/21613327-new-ideas-what-speeds-up-deforestation-and-what-slows-it-down-clearing-trees (Graph)