The lowlands of the Caribbean slope of northern Costa Rica constitute one of the priority hotspots for biodiversity conservation in Mesoamerica.Nevertheless, the landscape has undergone a process of strong fragmentation that threatens its connectivity between protected areas in Costa Rica and southeastern Nicaragua.
It is presented as a summary the theoretical and methodological frame from which scientific studies are made, with which the regulator plan of Siquirres cantón (Costa Rica) has to be designed from. It is exposed the process of historic formation of the space that is studied. Later, it is summarized the empiric results obtained from the socioeconomically and physical-biological investigations in the territory in question. And, finally, a preliminary proposal is made of which are the dominant landscape units as a guide for the future planning of the cantón.
The financial behavior of three schemes for payments for environmental services (PES) adjusted to the forest value (FV) was assessed, starting from a first forest harvest, which were classified into two types according to the dominance of Pentaclethra macroloba combined with palms (Forest Pp) or combined with Carapa guianensis (Forest Pc). In these forests, common production functions of sustainable forest management (SFM), and functions of profitability were elaborated for two conditions of harvesting during a cutting cycle.
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