9/23 APES Costa Rica chapter 6

1980 required forest because of the

pago por servicios ambrientes

1996

government began paying farmers and ranchers to preserve forest on land

payments are

competitive

PSA recognizes four valuable services

cleansing of water and reduction of erosion

richness in biodiversity

scenic beauty, which attracts ecotourists

carbon sequestration

2015 more than 20% of country’s land

area was registered in program.

forest cover

17% in 1983, 53% today.

inflation adjusted income

60% growth

produces

2 million tourists

Conervation Reserve Program

pays farmers to retain natural vegatation

Culture

Ethics, knowledge, beliefs, values, learned way of doing things

Ethics is set of moral principles or values

determine right and wrong

Relativists believe that ethics vary depending on context of

problem

universalitists determine objective notions 

of roght and wrong across many cultures and contests