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Country Information


Costa Rica

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Drylands Population Assessment II  (details...)
UNCCD National Action Programmes of Latin American and Caribbean Countries   (details...)
Presentations on the UNCCD Implementation in Several Latin American and Carribbean Member Countries at the First Session of the Committee on the Review of Implementation of the Convention (CRIC-1), Rome/Italy, Nov. 2002  (details...)
Selected Papers on Environmental and Sustainability Indicators - Experience from Central America. CIAT, World Bank, UNEP  (details...)
Case Studies: Impact & Costs of Land Degradation, Presentation at "Investing in Drylands: Lessons, Incentives and Cost of Inaction", Progress Review Workshop in Rome, June 2003  (details...)
Statistics on population and aridity zones in Latin American drylands  (details...)
FAO Water and Food Security Country Profiles  (details...)
FAO Country Profiles and Mapping Information System  (details...)
National Soil Degradation Maps, based on GLASOD (UNEP/ISRIC)  (details...)
WRI - Earth Trends - Forests, Grasslands and Drylands - Country Profiles  (details...)
Secretariat of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification   (details...)
From farmer to planner and back: Harvesting Best Practices  (details...)