Our experiences during the sabbatical year
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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One of the wonderful bits about my current volunteer work is that I am doing hands-on research (again). And this time, not with the idea of developing or testing a theory as it is often the case in academia, but with the humble and simple goal of improving people’s lives while ensuring the long-term conservation … More New insights into job downgrading…hands-on research again!
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
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)
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)
When people think about innovation, they usually portray technological artifacts. But innovation is much more than that. In simple terms, it is about the capacity to change. As it goes, many conservation projects require individuals and organizations to change, to adopt new practices, to abandon others. This is where an economist with an Economics of … More Economics of Innovation and Conservation
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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As some of you might have noticed, this last week I have not been so active on the blog. The reason for that is that as part of the volunteer work, I have been (finally) in the field, doing interviews with fishermen in some rural areas in Costa Rica. It has been intense and tiresome. … More A fisherman’s life from the peephole and what it can teach us about poverty, conservation and life
THE FLIP FLOP LIFE 