This is the start of a series of posts about sea turtle research databases. The questions are which ones already exist, what do they do, how do they compare and would they be suitable for Osa Conservation? … More STRDs part 1 : Sea Turtle Research Databases
Afgelopen week was een gewone werk-vanuit-huis week. Maar we zijn wat meer de deur uit geweest. Cristina heeft een paar dagen interviews buiten de deur gedaan – met masker natuurlijk. We hebben een morgen in het kantoor van Osa Conservation gewerkt. En nu zijn we op een vierdaagse excursie! … More Week 19. Excursie!!!!
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Today I woke up before the alarm totally rested. The sun was shining in the room and the jungle was awake. I could hear the collared forest falcon with his early pooouu pooouu. In the distance the howlers and the scarlet macaws. In between, the “pipopipos” (the wood rails). Just like every morning. But today, … More Taking pleasure in the small things in life
Have you ever felt that there is never time to learn new things that could make your work better…but that are not extremely urgent? That it is faster to do things “the old way” since learning the “new way” will take too much time? Do you tell yourself “I will do it in summer when … More New insights into job downgrading…the blessing of having time to learn new things
Forget me if I get too serious. But one of the outcomes of the volunteer work in conservation is that I started to think about how economics can contribute to conservation. Hence, this series of (more serious) blogs. I started discussing, in general, the links between economics and conservation. And in this blog and future … More Ecological economics and conservation
Have you ever wondered how someone with an economic or social science background can contribute to conservation? I had asked myself that question many times while we were preparing for the sabbatical and our volunteer work in Costa Rica. I searched the internet looking for examples of volunteer work in conservation and it seemed to … More Economics and conservation
Deze week zat de M in de luch : Muggen, schiMMel, Massale Mierensterfte, Manakins, nest Mysterie, Mango en Magnifieke lokatie. … More Week 18. De week van de 7 Ms
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It is now a little over two months since Costa Rica published its first report on the Corona crises. At that point in time (11th of March) there were 22 reported cases of infected people. Today, there are 863 of which, only 288 are active cases. This country of 5 million inhabitants has suffered only … More What a tiny tropical country can teach the world about managing the Coronavirus crises
THE FLIP FLOP LIFE 