Costa Rica Flashcards
What are the four ises in Costa rica
Plantation crops
Logging
Ranching
Tourism
What are opportunities with tourosm
Eco tourism which is using only wood from fell trees which is more sustainable and biodiversity friendly and reduces deforestation bu
What are other positives if eco tourism
It is small scale and is in the tree line
What are limitations of ecotourism
Popular so there is more building of the ecotourist lodges
What re the challenges of clear felling
Decrease of habitats
Less interception causes nutrients in soil to be washed away by rainfall straight into rivers which increases flooding eg. San Juan flood in 2010
Challenges of ranching in Costa rica
Habitat fragmentation
Jaguars kill the cattle from farms and are hunted by farmers because of this
Opportunities of plantation crops 2
120 million boxes of bananas produced a year
