The Green Republic: A Conservation History of Costa Rica

* Preface * Acknowledgments * Introduction * Part I. Costa Rica's History of Conservation * A Legacy of Scientific Thought and Tropical Research * The Environmental Problem * The Conservationist Response * The Development of National Parks and Other Protected Areas * Conservation Continued: The Oduber Years * Conservation through Crisis: Carazo and the Economy * Crisis Continued: The Monge Administration * Restructuring and Decentralizing Conservation * Part II. Building a Green Republic * Environmental Education: Framework for the Future * The Nongovernmental Approach * !Oro Verde! Ecotourism for Economic Growth * The National Biodiversity Institute * Conclusion. Picking Up the Gauntlet * Appendix 1. List of Acronyms * Appendix 2. The Presidents of the Republic of Costa Rica, 1928-1998 * Appendix 3. The History of Controversy at Santa Rosa--A Besieged National Park * Appendix 4. Anonymous Poem Regarding the Palo Verde National Park Controversy, Summer 1981 * Appendix 5. The National Conservation Strategy for Sustainable Development * Appendix 6. Indigenous Population of Costa Rica by Region and Group * Notes * Bibliography * Index