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Author: Frank van der Most

Frank is founder of and research engineer at Rubber Boots Data

Constructing a house in Costa Rica

June 12, 2020

The past few weeks we have seen how the new house of our house care taker has been built. I found it super interesting and Cristina and I regularly visited the site to see how it progressed. … More Constructing a house in Costa Rica

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The right of housing in Costa Rica

June 11, 2020

Having a house, or at least a roof over your head is considered to be one of the fundamental human rights. The right to a standard of living (Article 25). But it does not come as a surprise to anyone that many developing countries do not guarantee that fundamental human right to their citizens. Costa … More The right of housing in Costa Rica

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Week 21. Klimaatverandering

June 9, 2020

Er zitten klimaatveranderingen aan te komen. Gisteren realiseerden we ons dat we nog maar drie weken hebben voor onze vrijwilligerstijd bij Osa Conservation er echt op zit. In totaal hebben we hier dan vier maanden doorgebracht. Maar dat is niet de enige klimaatverandering … More Week 21. Klimaatverandering

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Week 21. Climate change. Cambio climatico

June 9, 2020

The English Google translate version of the Dutch post Leer este post en español de Google (original en Holandés)

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STRDs part 4 : Turtle Tracker

June 7, 2020

Earlier I introduced the wish at Osa Conservation’s sea turtle program for some solution to unify data entry by volunteers during and/or after their beach patrols. In parts two and three, I presented SWOT and TREDS. In part 4, I will look at Turtle Tracker. … More STRDs part 4 : Turtle Tracker

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STRDs part 3 : Turtle Research and Monitoring Database System (TREDS)

June 6, 2020

In part three of this series, I will look at another old database, which contrary to the SWOT database (of part 2), is designed for the capture of beach patrol data. … More STRDs part 3 : Turtle Research and Monitoring Database System (TREDS)

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STRDs part 2 : The state of the world’s sea turtles (SWOT)

June 5, 2020

Earlier I introduced the wish at Osa Conservation’s sea turtle program for some solution to unify data entry by volunteers during and/or after their beach patrols. In part two, I will look at one of the oldest solutions I could find on line. … More STRDs part 2 : The state of the world’s sea turtles (SWOT)

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Week 20. Zon, zee, strand … en mangrove

June 2, 2020

Een week aan de overkant van de Golfo Dulce. Met zon, zee en strand en een fantastische boottocht door een mangrovebos. … More Week 20. Zon, zee, strand … en mangrove

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Week 20. Sun, sea, beach … and mangrove forest!! Sol, mar, playa … y manglares!!

June 2, 2020

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STRDs part 1 : Sea Turtle Research Databases

May 31, 2020

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

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