The World BankGEFCosta Rican Ministry of Environment and Energy2016-04-192016-04-192007-02-15http://hdl.handle.net/10919/67192Metadata only recordThe Costa Rican Government, the World Bank and the Global Environment Facility developed a partnership to improve sustainable forest management practices on privately owned small parcels of land. It will conserve biodiversity, improve water quality irrigation, and add to carbon sequestration. Approximately US$49 million in loans from the World Bank and the Global Environment Facility are available for the project.text/plainen-USIn CopyrightCarbon sequestrationBiodiversityPayments for environmental servicesForest managementTropical zonesConservation easementsForest ecosystemsReforestationMesoamerican Biological Corridor (MBC)Hydrological servicesAbstract