Conservation of biodiversity and poverty in Costa Rica: analysis by planning regions
One of the main strategies to preserve biodiversity has been the creation of protected areas, and some authors argue that such action will also have economic benefits for the human communities involved. Nevertheless, in several countries a spatial coincidence between these areas and poverty...
| Autores Principales: | Arroyo Zeledón, Michael Steven, Zúñiga-Arias, Guillermo |
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| Formato: | Artículo |
| Idioma: | Español |
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Editorial Universidad Nacional
2021
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http://hdl.handle.net/11056/21528 https://doi.org/10.15359/abra.38-57.2 |
| Sumario: |
One of the main strategies to preserve biodiversity has been
the creation of protected areas, and some authors argue that
such action will also have economic benefits for the human
communities involved. Nevertheless, in several countries
a spatial coincidence between these areas and poverty has
been registered. This work evaluated whether there was more
poverty in Costa Rican districts that have larger areas in inland
national park or biological reserves. As an estimator of poverty
in the districts, the Costa Rican index of social development
(ISD) was used. For the whole country, districts with protected
(DPA) areas had a lower ISD than those without them (DNPA).
This result was also observed in the Central and Huetar
Caribe planning regions; the opposite happened in the Huetar Norte region. The differences between planning regions offer
opportunities for further research. |
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