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Capability and cost assessment of the major forest nations to measure and monitor their forest carbon

Description: According to the Executive Summary, the aims and objective of this report are to provide an assessment of national capacity and capability in 25 tropical countries for measuring and monitoring forest as a requirement for reporting on REDD under IPCC guidelines. This paper was commissioned by the United Kingdom Office of Climate Change as background work to its report 'Climate Change: Financing Global Forests' (the Eliasch Review).
Date: April 7, 2008
Creator: Harcastle, P. D.; Baird, David & Harden, Virginia
Partner: UNT Libraries
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Agricultural Trade in a U.S.-Central American Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA)

Description: As part of its overall trade strategy, the Bush Administration over the last year began negotiating bilateral free trade area (FTA) agreements with four regional blocs or countries. Negotiations on a U.S.-Central American Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA) involving Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Nicaragua began in late January 2003 and are currently scheduled to conclude this December. While negotiators have reportedly made progress in a number of areas, efforts to formulate a fra… more
Date: October 31, 2003
Creator: Jurenas, Remy
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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[News Clip: Columbus actor]

Description: Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.
Date: October 8, 1992, 5:00 p.m.
Duration: 1 minute 52 seconds
Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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Costa Rica: Background and U.S. Relations

Description: Costa Rica is a relatively politically stable and economically developed nation with a long tradition of civilian democracy. Once a predominantly agricultural nation, Costa Rica has established a diversified economy with a strong export sector. This report examines recent political and economic developments in Costa Rica as well as issues in U.S.-Costa Rica relations.
Date: July 21, 2009
Creator: Meyer, Peter J.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Costa Rica: Background and U.S. Relations

Description: Costa Rica is a relatively politically stable and economically developed nation with a long tradition of civilian democracy. Once a predominantly agricultural nation, Costa Rica has established a diversified economy with a strong export sector. This report examines recent political and economic developments in Costa Rica as well as issues in U.S.-Costa Rica relations.
Date: June 2, 2009
Creator: Meyer, Peter J.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

[Basilica in Naranjo de Alajuela, Costa Rica]

Description: Fotografía de una basílica en Naranjo de Alajuela, Costa Rica, llamada "Basílica Nuestra Señora de Las Piedades". La versión actual de esta iglesia de estilo renacentista se construyó entre 1924 y 1929, después de que el terremoto de San Casimiro la dañara gravemente.
Date: [1969..]
Creator: Parlee, Lorena M.
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Busy street in San José, Costa Rica]

Description: Fotografía de una concurrida calle de San José, Costa Rica. La calle está llena de automóviles y personas que pasan por delante de los edificios. Los edificios bordean la calle a ambos lados. Se pueden ver múltiples carteles publicitarios de los edificios.
Date: [1969..]
Creator: Parlee, Lorena M.
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[A colorful cart in Costa Rica]

Description: Fotografía de una carreta brillante y colorida bajo un toldo de madera adosado a una casa en Sarchí, Costa Rica. La carreta está pintada de amarillo con diseños abstractos que incluyen los colores rosa, rojo, azul y verde. Al fondo se ve una casa azul en lo alto de una colina.
Date: [1969..]
Creator: Parlee, Lorena M.
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[A house in Sarchí, Costa Rica]

Description: Photograph of a wooden house in Sarchí, Costa Rica. The house has a metal-paneled roof with an antenna attached. The house is surrounded by tall tropical plants. It appears to be raining at the time the photograph was taken.
Date: [1969..]
Creator: Parlee, Lorena M.
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Inside of a cart workshop in Sarchí, Costa Rica]

Description: Fotografía del interior de un taller de carretas en Sarchí, Costa Rica. En el interior del taller se pueden ver algunos carretas. Las carretas son de madera y están pintadas con colores brillantes. Algunas de las carretas están apoyadas en una estructura de madera.
Date: [1969..]
Creator: Parlee, Lorena M.
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Interior of a van during travel]

Description: Fotografía del interior de una camioneta durante un viaje. La comida se está cocinando en una pequeña estufa de viaje Coleman. En el fondo, se ven dos encimeras y varios artículos, entre ellos una cesta de mimbre, un recipiente de plástico y dos platos de comida. A la derecha, se ve el asiento del conductor y del pasajero de la camioneta.
Date: [1969..]
Creator: Parlee, Lorena M.
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Irazú volcano and crater]

Description: Fotografía de una mujer sentada mirando el volcán Irazú y su cráter. El volcán se encuentra dentro del Parque Nacional Volcán Irazú. En esta fotografía, el cráter parece estar seco. En la actualidad, el cráter contiene agua y forma un lago en el cráter.
Date: [1969..]
Creator: Parlee, Lorena M.
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Market in Cartago, Costa Rica]

Description: Fotografía de un mercado en Cartago, Costa Rica. Dos hileras de largas mesas de madera contienen diversos productos. Se puede ver a un gran número de personas recorriendo el mercado. En la calle adyacente, un camión azul está aparcado y los productos están tirados en el suelo. Del toldo que cubre las mesas del mercado cuelgan varios carteles.
Date: [1969..]
Creator: Parlee, Lorena M.
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Playa del Coco]

Description: Photograph of "Playa del Coco" which translates to "Coconut Beach" in Costa Rica. A child can be seen walking along the beach. Numerous boats are visible on the water. In the background, a large hill full of greenery is visible.
Date: [1969..]
Creator: Parlee, Lorena M.
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Santiago Apóstol Parish Ruins]

Description: Fotografía de personas visitando las Ruinas de la Parroquia de Santiago Apóstol en Cartago, Costa Rica. Un hombre mira a la cámara y se sitúa junto a dos pequeños estanques. Al fondo se ven las ruinas de la iglesia, que son muros de piedra con arcos curvos. En este lugar se construyeron y destruyeron varias iglesias a causa de los terremotos desde 1575.
Date: [1969..]
Creator: Parlee, Lorena M.
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Stilt house on the Golfito Bay]

Description: Photograph of a small stilt house on the Golfito Bay in Golfito, Costa Rica. The exterior of the house is covered in metal panels. Train tracks can be seen in front of the house, running alongside the bay.
Date: [1969..]
Creator: Parlee, Lorena M.
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Farmland in Costa Rica]

Description: Photograph of farmland in Costa Rica on the other side of a barbed-wire fence. A large area appears to have been tilled for crops. Multiple houses and buildings can be seen in the background.
Date: [1969..]
Creator: Parlee, Lorena, 1945-2006
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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