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Costa Rica: International Team Project

A research guide to assist the students enrolled in ITP Costa Rica.

Biodiversity and Wildlife regulation

Globalization and Animal Law by Thomas G. Kelch "This book provides the first analysis of international and comparative animal law which focuses on the impact of today's globalized economy on animal law." - Publisher
Call Number: Law Library: Stacks - MON K3620 .K45 2011
Publication Date: 2011
The Global Guide to Animal Protection by Andrew Linzey (Editor); Desmond Tutu (Foreword by)
Call Number: Main Library - Stacks Large Section: Large 179.3 G562
Publication Date: 2013
Contains a chapter titled, "Animal Issues in Australia" (request from Main Library through NUsearch).

Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES)
UN Library - UN Response to Illegal Wildlife Poaching and Trafficking
Global Animal Law Project
Animal Legal & Historical Center
Biodiversity Law (in English)
Ley Nº 7788 - Ley de biodiversidad. From FAOLEX, a database of laws from the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
International Convention for Conservation of Nature (IUCN)
Convention on Biological Diversity
Costa Rica Law - Environmental Law

Demilitarization

Strength Through Peace: Strength through peace : how demilitarization led to peace and happiness in Costa Rica, and what the rest of the world can learn from a tiny, tropical nation by Judith Eve Lipton; David P. Barash
Call Number: Request from the Main Library
ISBN: 9780199924974
Publication Date: 2018-10-08

A bold peace
2016 documentary available from the library.

Demilitarization in the Contemporary World by Peter N. Stearns (Editor)
Call Number: Request from the Main Library
ISBN: 9780252037894
Publication Date: 2013-11-08
Includes a chapter on Costa Rica and Honduras as well as a chapter on Latin America.
Militarization, Democracy, and Development by Kirk S. Bowman
Call Number: Request from the Main Library
ISBN: 0271022299
Publication Date: 2002-11-21
See chapter "“When Ballots Trumped Bullets: Demilitarization and Democratic Consolidation in Costa Rica.”

Coffee industry

Variance in Approach Toward a ‘Sustainable’ Coffee Industry in Costa Rica: Perspectives from Within; Lessons and Insights / Melissa Vogt
2019, e-book
Paying for Sustainable Coffee in a Developing Country: Consumers’ Profile in Costa Rica
Valenciano-Salazar, Jorge A., et al. Sustainability (Basel, Switzerland), 2021, Vol.13 (16), p.9360
The Effects of Fair Trade Certification: Evidence from Coffee Producers in Costa Rica
Journal of the European Economic Association, 2022, Vol.20 (4), p.1743-1790.
"We study the effects of Fair Trade (FT) certification of coffee on producers and households in Costa Rica"

Confronting the coffee crisis fair trade, sustainable livelihoods and ecosystems in Mexico and Central America by edited by Christopher M. Bacon
Call Number: e-book available through link from library catalog, use NetID to login
ISBN: 9786612099311
Publication Date: 2008

Healthcare system

OECD reviews of health systems : Costa Rica 2017
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
Barriers to Healthcare Access for Immigrants in Costa Rica and Uruguay
Journal of international migration and integration, 2022, p.1-25

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