10. Biodiversity Conservation History and Future in Costa Rica

Abstract Furipterus horrens is a small insectivorous bat with distinct clawless tiny thumbs, and with a patchy geographic distribution in the Neotropics. We report the rediscovery of F. horrens in Costa Rica 44 years after it was first recorded. A colony of 100–130 individuals, each one with the distinctive external and morphological characteristics of the species, was found roosting in the lower parts of the floor of bungalows located in the Sarapiquí area. The rediscovery of this species validates the protection of several rainforest fragments through ecotourism, a modern way to balance human development and biodiversity conservation.

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Linking multi-level governance to local common-pool resource theory using fuzzy-set qualitative comparative analysis: Insights from twenty years of biodiversity conservation in Costa Rica

Global Environmental Change ◽

10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2013.02.011 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 23 (3) ◽

pp. 573-587 ◽

Cited By ~ 46

Author(s):

Xavier Basurto

Keyword(s):

Comparative Analysis ◽

Costa Rica ◽

Biodiversity Conservation ◽

Fuzzy Set ◽

Qualitative Comparative Analysis ◽

Resource Theory ◽

Common Pool Resource ◽

Common Pool ◽

Multi Level

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The Manokwari Declaration: Challenges ahead in conserving 70% of Tanah Papua’s forests

Forest and Society ◽

10.24259/fs.v3i1.6067 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 3 (1) ◽

pp. 148 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Rodrigo Cámara-Leret ◽

Andre Schuiteman ◽

Timothy Utteridge ◽

Gemma Bramley ◽

Richard Deverell ◽

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Keyword(s):

Climate Change ◽

Costa Rica ◽

Biodiversity Conservation ◽

Climate Change Mitigation ◽

Large Scale ◽

New Guinea ◽

Global Impact ◽

Se Asia ◽

Impact On Biodiversity ◽

Change Mitigation

The Manokwari Declaration is an unprecedented pledge by the governors of Indonesia’s two New Guinea provinces to promote conservation and become SE Asia’s new Costa Rica. This is an exciting, yet challenging endeavour that will require working on many fronts that transcend single disciplines. Because Indonesian New Guinea has the largest expanse of intact forests in SE Asia, large-scale conservation pledges like the Manokwari Declaration will have a global impact on biodiversity conservation and climate change mitigation.

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Strumigenys fairchildi Brown, 1961 (Formicidae, Myrmicinae): first record of this rarely collected ant from Brazil

Check List ◽

10.15560/12.4.1922 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 12 (4) ◽

pp. 1922 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Lívia P. Prado ◽

Ricardo Eduardo Vicente ◽

Thiago S. R. Silva ◽

Jorge L. P. Souza

Keyword(s):

Costa Rica ◽

High Resolution ◽

Biodiversity Conservation ◽

Rain Forest ◽

Tropical Rain Forest ◽

First Record ◽

Distribution Map ◽

Mato Grosso ◽

High Resolution Images ◽

First Time

Strumigenys fairchildi Brown, 1961 is recorded for the first time in Brazil. This ant species was previously known only from a few specimens collected in Costa Rica, Panama and Ecuador. The worker S. fairchildi was collected at the Parque Estadual do Cristalino, a continuous area of Amazon tropical rain forest protected for biodiversity conservation in the municipality of Novo Mundo, Mato Grosso state. In addition, we present a distribution map and high-resolution images of the worker.

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