Bernardo Aguilar-González, Environmental Management and Culture, Ecological Economics, Environmental Law, Latin American Studies

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Bernardo Aguilar-González, Environmental Management and Culture, Ecological Economics, Environmental Law, Latin American Studies. SJO 33864 PO Box 25331 Miami, FL 33102-5331 USA

PO Box 690-2050 San Pedro de Montes de Oca San José, Costa Rica

Phone/Fax +506 2253-2130 - office +506 8920-6174 – cel. +928-458-5814 – U.S.A. [email protected]

CURRICULUM VITAE Synthesis

Executive Director of Fundación Neotrópica (12 years), one of the most established environmental NGOs in Central America; Board Member in representation of the Costa Rican Council of Ministers of the RECOPE, Costa Rican Petroleum Company (appointed in order to support the transformation into a leading company in renewable energies in support of Costa Rica's De-carbonization of the Economy Plan). Experience (27 years) in academic work (higher education) in the areas of Ecological Economics, Sustainable Development Studies, Latin American Studies and Environmental Law with special emphasis in ecosystem service valuation, and Political Ecology/Economy. Research experience (27 years) in Ecological Economics, Political Ecology, and Latin American Studies including specific topics as the blue economy, environmental conflicts, integrative sustainable development indicators and ecosystem service/ environmental damage valuation. Experience (12 years) in project funding, execution and administration for projects in community-based coastal ecosystem conservation, Ecological Economics, indigenous/ sustainable production systems, environmental governance, human rights and the environment, illicit economies and socio-ecological conflicts. Academic preparation includes degree as a Specialist (graduate degree equivalent to LLM) and Juris Doctor (Lic.) in Agrarian and Environmental Law and Attorney at Law with 33 years of experience in Environmental, Agrarian and Labor Law practice. Masters of Science in Agricultural and Applied Economics (emphasis in Applied Economics, International Trade and Econometrics). Ph.D. in Natural Sciences for Development (Culture and Environmental Management). Publications include one book, several book chapters, refereed and invited professional journal articles, book reviews, technical reports, and numerous newspaper, newsletter and magazine articles. Other professional and volunteer activities include keynotes, guest lectures, professional presentations, radio interviews and active participation in professional societies and advocacy groups. Volunteer Work has included being a Board Member of the International Society for Ecological Economics and the President of the Mesoamerican Society for Ecological Economics. Honors include a Fulbright Scholarship (1989-1991), a Honorable Mention from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for outstanding service to Costa Rica in valuation of environmental damages for the International Court of Justice at The Hague (2018) and a Magna Cum Laude distinction for his doctoral dissertation on Ecological Debt and Environmental Justice in Costa Rica´s protected areas. The U.S. Society for Ecological Economics created in 2003 the Bernardo Aguilar award to honor the professors that inspire students to undertake this field of study.

Professional Experience

I- Current

Executive/Technical Director Fundación Neotropica, San José, Costa Rica. August 2008-Current Executive Director in charge of funding, project management and administration, planning, personnel management and technical support for Fundación Neotrópica, one of the oldest and most prestigious environmental NGOs in Central America. It has, during the last 33 years, specialized in community-based sustainable development, research, education and corporate programs in topics centered in community-based conservation, sustainable tourism, buffer zones, biological corridors and managed ecosystems in general. Developed a new mission and vision and helped the NGO recover from financial deficit to operating with success (1 million dollar yearly budget and 22 employees) through the introduction of newer areas of sustainability studies. Developed and executed pioneer projects in the areas of community-based coastal ecosystem conservation, Ecological Economics, indigenous/ sustainable production systems, environmental governance, human rights and the environment, illicit economies and socio-ecological conflicts. .

Board of Directors RECOPE S.A., San José, Costa Rica June 2019-Current Member of the Board of Directors of the Refinadora Costarricense de Petróleo S.A. In charge of the tasks entrusted to the directors of the entity according to the Costa Rican legal system, among which are tasks of business policies, planning, administration and public finances, risk management and others. At the time of joining, the process of restructuring the company is of special interest to make it a leading company in the promotion and management of the use of fuels from renewable sources in support of the National Decarbonization Plan of Costa Rica 2018-2050.

II- Other Current Academic Affiliations

Global Affiliate Gund Institute for Environment, University of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont, USA- August 2020-Current.

Fellow Institute for Environmental Diplomacy and Security, University of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont, USA- March 2012-Current.

Adjunct Faculty Center for Environmental Sciences and Education, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, Arizona, USA- August 2001-Current.

III- Select Past Academic (Teaching and Research) after 1992

Director Masters in Ecological Economics Program School of Environment and Development Universidad para la Cooperación Internacional, Costa Rica. January 2013-January 2014. Designer and Director of a transdisciplinary graduate program in Ecological Economics/Political Ecology using a distance education model through a Moodle platform.

Instructor Universidad para la Cooperación Internacional, Costa Rica. June 2008-December 2012 Graduate Instructor in the areas of Ecological Economics, sustainability and Environmental Law.

Instructor Universidad Nacional de Costa Rica, Heredia, Costa Rica. June 2010-November 2010 Graduate Instructor in courses of environment and development for the Masters in Public Planning Program.

Instructor Universidad Latina de Costa Rica, Heredia, Costa Rica. June 2008-2010. Summer instructor for courses on Ecosystem Health and Public Health, Sustainability and Equality: Important Aspects of Environmental Sociology (class and field based) for students from the University of California, Irvine.

Affiliate Faculty PhD in Sustainability Education Program, Prescott College, Prescott, Arizona, USA July 2007-June 2008 Affiliate faculty in the area of Ecological Economics for an open university Ph.D. program in the area of Ecological Economics. In charge of electronic tutoring, materials production and blog participation and maintenance.

Faculty Cultural and Regional Studies, Resident Degree Program, Prescott College, Prescott, Arizona, USA January 1999-June 2008. Non-ranked faculty position (on salary level equivalent to associate professor in tenured system) in the areas of Latin American Studies, Ecological Economics, Political Ecology and Environmental Law. Courses offered included “Principles of Ecological Economics”, “Global Development Issues and Energy Economics”; “Law, Society and the Environment”; “Social Problems: Research Methods and Theories”; “Statistics for Research”; “Environmental Law”; etc. The position also included the organization of field courses: 1- “US-Mexico Interface: The Border-An Introduction to Latin America”; 2- “Globalized Sustainable Development: A Contradiction?”; 3- “Socialism, Democracy and Conservation”; 4- “Costa Rica and the New Millennium: 5- Studies on Holistic Resource Management and Sustainable Development in Developing Nations” and 6- “Peru, Conservation Systems and Culture” in Mexico, Costa Rica, Cuba, Nicaragua, Panama, Venezuela, Bolivia and Peru. The position included research in the same areas of inquiry and experience in grant writing and project management.

Program Coordinator (Chair) Cultural and Regional Studies, Resident Degree Program, Prescott College, Prescott, Arizona, USA July 2002-January 2005. In charge of academic coordination, administration, curriculum design and budgeting for the Cultural and Regional Studies program at Prescott College. This area includes competence areas in Latin American, Eastern European, African and other Regional Studies, Religion and Philosophy, Border Studies, Gender Studies, Political Economy and Peace Studies.

Graduate Advisor Master of Arts Degree, Prescott College, Prescott, Arizona, USA January 1999-June 2008. Advise students of a Master of Arts graduate program in different areas of social and environmental sciences: Latin American Studies, Ecological Economics, International Development, Sustainable Development, Sustainable Small Scale Fisheries, Geography and Ecosystem Management.

Program (Academic) Director/Acting Field Director Center for Sustainable Development Studies-The School for Field Studies, Atenas, Alajuela, Costa Rica. Program: Sustainable Development Studies, September 1997-January 1999. Directed study abroad undergraduate field program, addressing options for sustainable development in developing nations. This program uses a case study, experiential education model. Duties included field teaching in different subjects of Environmental Policy, Natural Resource Management and Ecological Economics with special emphasis on natural resource valuation. I was also in charge of personnel and academic coordination. Advising and coordinating research projects according to a conservation project program were also part of the duties. This position entailed an affiliation as Lecturer with Boston University in Boston Massachusetts, through which students attending the center program get undergraduate credit in their respective universities.

Resident Faculty, Center for Sustainable Development Studies-The School for Field Studies, Atenas, Alajuela, Costa Rica. August 1992-September 1997. Professor of an "Ecological Economics, Ethical and Juridical Aspects of Sustainable Development" course in a multi-disciplinary undergraduate field program on sustainable development. Course included a strong component in allocative and biophysical methods of natural resource valuation. Duties included design, field lecturing and execution of research projects in Ecological Economics and Environmental Law. Duties included case study design and coordination in areas relative to international interdependence and its implications for sustainable development. This position entailed also an affiliation as Lecturer for Boston University in Boston Massachusetts, through which students attending the center program get undergraduate credit in their respective universities.

IV- Recent Grants Awarded and Executed (Selection after 2009, team leader or co-leader)

1- SINAC (MINAE), Fundación Neotrópica, Instituto Epomex de la Universidad Autónoma de Campeche and ONG CORDE (2017-2021). “Restauración, conservación y manejo sostenible de los manglares de Costa Rica y Benín frente al cambio climático.” (Restoration, conservation and sustainable management of mangroves in Costa Rica and Benin in face of climate change). Donation from the French Fund for the Global Environment. Executed as a team with organizations in Mexico and Benin. Total amount: € 6, 646,854.00 (€ 1, 270,000.00 executed by or under the responsibility of the Neotrópica Foundation).

2- Aguilar-González, B., Wrathall, D., Devine, J. (2017-2020).”Drug Trafficking and Central American Protected Areas: Focusing on Participatory Governance to Conserve Ecosystem Services and Biodiversity.” Donation of the Pegasus Program, promoted by Future Earth, based at Colorado State University with funds from the Norwegian cooperation (NOMIS Foundation) of $ 149,280.00.

3- Adelphi Consultants, Fundación Neotrópica (2016-2020). “Manejo de Recursos Naturales con Pueblos Indígenas en Centroamérica.” (Management of Natural Resources with Indigenous Peoples in Central America). Donation from the German Development Bank for the Asociación Coordinadora Indígena y Campesina

de Agroforestería Comunitaria Centroamericana (ACICAFOC) of € 957,900.00 (€ 368,000.00 executed by Fundación Neotrópica).

4- Aguilar González, B., Navas, G. & Brun, C. (2015-2017) “Potential Socio-Ecological Costs of Cocaine Traficking in Central America” subproject in McSweeney, K. et. to the. (2015) Evidence for Drug Policy Reform: Drugs, Deforestation, and Skewed Development in Rural Central America. Funded by the Open Society Foundation for $ 250,000.00 ($ 73,700.00 executed by Fundación Neotrópica).

5- Aguilar-González, B., et al. (2013-2015) “Comunidades Azules: Desarrollo Social y Transferencia de Experiencias de Gestión y Conservación Comunitaria en Comunidades Costeras del Pacífico de Costa Rica.” (Blue Communities: Social Development and Transference of Experiences in Community-Based Conservation and Management in Coastal Communities of the Costa Rican Pacific). Grant provided by the Swiss Embassy to Fundación Neotrópica in Costa Rica for $30,000.00.

6- Aguilar-González, B., et al. (2012-2013) “Promoción del Turismo Rural Comunitario para el Fortalecimiento Institucional del Parque Nacional Rincón de la Vieja y la Protección de Bosques en el Área de Conservación Guanacaste, Costa Rica.” (Promotion of Rural Community-Based Tourism for the Institutional Strengthening of Rincón de la Vieja National Park and the Protection of Forests in the Guanacaste Conservation Area, Costa Rica). Grant provided by the First Debt for Nature Swap Program to Fundación Neotrópica in Costa Rica for $100,000.00.

7- Matzdorf, B., Sattler, C., et al. (2011-2013) “The capacity of civil society organizations (CSOs) and their networks in community based environmental management.” Grant provided by the FP7 Program of the European Union, Partnership with organizations from Germany, Austria, Switzerland, The Netherlands and Brazil with field sites in Brazil and Costa Rica. € 1,849,860.00 (€ 206,430.00 executed locally by Fundación Neotrópica).

8- Monge, A., Aguilar, B. et. al. (2010-2012). “Promoción del Turismo Rural Comunitario para la conservación de los bosques en el Área de Conservación Osa.” (Promotion of Rural Community-Based Tourism for the Conservation of Forests in the Osa Conservation Area). Grant Provided by the First Debt for Nature Swap Program, Costa Rica to Fundación Neotrópica for $108,000.00.

9- Amengkapoe, C. and Aguilar, B. (2009-2011). “Project to Support the Sustainable Management and Conservation of the Biodiversity in the Mangroves of the GBAGA Channel in Benin and the Golfo Dulce in ACOSA Costa Rica.” Grant provided by the government of Holland under the South South Cooperation Program administered by Fundecooperación, Costa Rica. Partnership with NGO from Benin, West Africa. $200,000.00 ($100,000.00 executed locally by Fundación Neotrópica).

V- Selected Research Appointments and Consulting Experience

Fundación Neotrópica San José, Costa Rica. July 2008-current:

Consultancy work led or co-led:

1. Fundación Neotrópica (2019-2020) “Valoración Económica de Bienes y Servicios Ecosistémicos para el Proyecto Manglar Vivo” (Economic Valuation of the Ecosystem Goods and Services for the Living Mangrove Project). For the Environment Ministry (CITMA-AMA) of Cuba and the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) in Cuba.

2. Fundación Neotrópica (2019-2020) “Diagnóstico Socio-ambiental del Corredor del Mangle en el Golfo de Fonseca, entre El Salvador, Honduras y Nicaragua” (Socio-environmental diagnosis of the Mangrove Corridor in the Gulf of Fonseca, between El Salvador, Honduras and Nicaragua). For Central American Commission on the Environment and Development (CCAD) and Swiss Corporation for Development (COSUDE).

3. KPMG Peat Marwick, Italy (2017-2019) “Costa Rica and the EU: A Partnership towards OECD Accession". For the European Union, COMEX and MINAE in Costa Rica. In charge of verification of compliance with OECD standards in terms of the use of economic instruments in environmental matters and technical training in economics and the environment for public officers.

4. Fundación Neotrópica (2017-2019) “Valorización económico ecológica de las mejores tecnologías de Manejo Sostenible de la Tierra, que incluya el diseño de un mecanismo de financiamiento para su implementación en las cuencas de los ríos Parita y Tonosí en la República de Panamá.” (Ecological economic valuation of the best technologies of Sustainable Land Management, including the design of a financing mechanism for its implementation in the Parita and Tonosí river basins in the Republic of Panama). For MiAMBIENTE in Panamá and FAO.

5. Fundación Neotrópica (2015-2016), “Estudio sobre la conflictividad generada por proyectos de extracción minera en Guatemala.” (Study on the conflictivity generated by mining extraction projects in Guatemala). For UNDP Guatemala.

6. Fundación Neotrópica & Earth Economics (2015-2016) “Triggering investments in Sustainable Land Management in Panama through an assessment of the Economic Value of Land and the Identification of Incentives and Market-Based Mechanisms.” For MINAE and the Global Mechanism to Combat Desertification of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification and Land Degradation, Jesús María Watershed, Costa Rica.

7. Fundación Neotrópica (2013-2015) “Revisión y Actualización del Plan General De Manejo del Refugio de Vida Silvestre Mixto Maquenque.” (Revision and Updating of the General Management Plan for the Maquenque Mixed Wildlife Refuge). For the Second Debt for Nature Swap Program, San José, Costa Rica.

8. Fundación Neotrópica & Earth Economics (2013-2015) “Triggering investments in Sustainable Land Management in Panama through an assessment of the Economic Value of Land and the Identification of Incentives and Market-Based Mechanisms.” For Autoridad Nacional del Ambiente and the General Mechanism of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification, Cerro Punta, Chriquí, Panamá.

9. Fundación Neotrópica (2012-2013) “Identificación de actividades viables de producción sostenible para pobladores de la Reserva Forestal Golfo Dulce.” (Identification of viable sustainable productive activitiesfor the population of the Golfo Dulce Forest Reserve) For the Iniciativa Osa y Golfito of the Woods Institute for the Environment, Stanford University, San José, Costa Rica.

10. Fundación Neotrópica & Earth Economics (2012) “Consultoría para Valorar, en Cumplimiento a la Solicitud de la Procuraduría General de la República en Oficio PGR-168-2011, Mediante Una Metodología Económico-Ecológica de Valoración Rápida y la Información Apropiada, los Posibles Daños Ambientales que Causó la Tala Rasa Ejecutada en las Fincas Propiedad de Industrias Infinito Sociedad Anónima según Resolución 244-2008-SCH del Área de Conservación Huetar-Norte.” (Consultancy to Value, in Fulfillment of the Request of theNational General Attorney in Note PGR- 168-2011, Through a Fast Ecological-Economic Methodology and the Appropriate Information, the Possible Damages Caused by the Tree Removal in the Farms of Industrias Infinito Sociedad Anónima According to the Resolution 244-2008-SCH from the Huetar-Norte Conservation Area). For the Ministry of the Environment, Energy and Telecommunications, San José, Costa Rica.

11. Fundación Neotrópica (2011) “Consultoría en Diseminación, y Validación de Estudio de Valoración Económico Ecológica de los Daños Ambientales Causados por las Acciones del Gobierno de Nicaragua en la Región de Isla Portillos en el Humedal Nacional Caribe Noreste y de Explicación de las Decisiones de la Corte Internacional de Justicia de la Haya.” (Consultancy in Dissemination and Validation for the Ecological Economic Valuation of Environmental Damages Caused by the Actions of the Government of Nicaragua in the Region of Isla Portillos in the Caribe Noreste National Wetland and Explanation of the Decisions of the International Court of Justice at The Hague). For the Ministry of Foreign Relations, San José, Costa Rica.

12. Fundación Neotrópica (2010-2012) “Consultoría para el Diseño e Impulso del Componente de Turismo Rural y Comunitario en el Marco del Programa Conjunto “Desarrollo de la Competitividad para la Región Brunca en los Sectores de Turismo y Agroindustria, con Énfasis en la Creación de Empleos Verdes y Decentes para la Reducción de la Pobreza.” (Consultancy for the Design and Impulse of a Rural Community Tourism Component in the Framework of the Program “Development of Competitiveness for the Brunca Region in the Sectors of Tourism and Agro-industry with Emphasis in the Creation of Green Employment for the Reduction of Poverty”). For the United Nations Development Program, San José, Costa Rica.

VI- Legal Experience in Courts and in Private Practice:

Minor Claims Judge, Supreme Court of Justice, San José, Costa Rica. May 1992-September 1992: Minor claims judge serving different courts in the Central Valley of Costa Rica. Jurisdictions served included Misdemeanors Criminal Law, Family Law and Transit Law.

Attorney at law, Grupo 185, San José, Costa Rica. January 1992-May 1992: Emphasis on Agrarian, Labor and Environmental Law. Handling of cases and court decision studies in these matters.

Attorney at Law, Umaña, Soto & Asocs., San José, Costa Rica, September 1987-September 1989: Emphasis on Agrarian, Labor and Environmental Law. Handling of cases and court decision studies in these matters.

VII- Guest Lectures and Peer Reviewing

- Class and field guest lecturer in the fields of sustainability, Latin American Studies, Ecological Economics and Valuation of Natural Resources at various institutions including:  Institute for Central American Development Studies; Organization for Tropical Studies; Associated Colleges of the Midwest, University of Costa Rica, United Nations University and University of Tokyo, Japan in Costa Rica.  University of Pennsylvania, Dickinson College, Bates College, University of New Hampshire, Middlebury College, Colby College, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, University of Massachusetts, Monterey Institute for International Studies and Verde Valley School in the United States. - Peer Reviewer for Ecological Economics, Ecosystem Health, Ecology and Society, Quarterly Review of Biology, Revista Iberoamericana de Economía Ecológica & Economía y Sociedad.. - Former member of the editorial board of Ecosystem Health

Education

I- Higher Education

Collaborative Program (Universidad Nacional, Instituto Tecnológico de Costa Rica, Universidad Estatal a Distancia, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Universidad Autónoma de Chapingo), San José, Costa Rica. March 2009-March 2019. PhD. in Natural Sciences for Development Program. Currently in candidacy (ABD) with an approved dissertation presentation: “Una Estimación de la Deuda Ecológica de la Zona Urbana Metropolitana por Medio de la Valoración Alternativa Económica-Ecológica para la Zona Protectora Cerros de La Carpintera en el Valle Central de Costa Rica.” (An Estimation of Ecological Debt of the Metropolitan Urban Area through an Alternative Ecological Economic Valuation for the Cerros de la Carpintera Protected Zone in the Central valley of Costa Rica.). Magna Cum Laude distinction.

University of Georgia, Athens, Ga. USA. September 1989-December 1991: Masters of Science in Agricultural and Applied Economics with emphasis in Applied Economics, international coffee trade and econometric methods. Thesis: Aguilar, B. "A Free Coffee Market? Consequences of the Suspension of Economic Clauses in the International Coffee Agreement." 1991. This degree benefitted from the support of a Fulbright Scholarship.

Universidad de Costa Rica, San José, Costa Rica. February 1988-February 1989: Specialist (credits equivalent to LLM) in Agrarian and Environmental Law. Studies focused on management powers and the distribution of proceeds in agrarian enterprises.

Universidad de Costa Rica, San José, Costa Rica. February 1979-October 1987: Attorney at law (equivalent to Juris Doctor). Thesis: Aguilar, B. & A. Torrealba. "El Perfil Funcional de la Organización Subjetiva en la Empresa de Reforma Agraria (Contribuciones a la Búsqueda de un Modelo Optimo para Costa Rica)." [The Functional Profile in the Subjective Organization of Land Reform Enterprises (Contributions to the Search for an Optimal Model for Costa Rica)]." 1987. Approved with distinction.

II- Other Training Programs: Available upon request

Publications and Other Professional Products

I- Books

Aguilar, B. (2002) Paradigmas Económicos y Desarrollo Sostenible: La Economía al Servicio de la Conservación (Economic Paradigms and Sustainable Development: Economics for Conservation). San José, Costa Rica, Editorial UNED. URL: https://books.google.co.cr/books?id=Cl- _Z1TrJhQC&lpg=PP1&ots=6ghjKmXVzs&dq=paradigmas%20economicos%20desarrollo%20sostenible%20Ag uilar&pg=PP1#v=onepage&q=paradigmas%20economicos%20desarrollo%20sostenible%20Aguilar&f=false

II- Book Chapters (Selection after 2000)

1- Aguilar-González, B.; Cerdán, P., Kocian, M. & Aguilar-Umaña, A. (2017) Impactos de la Narco- deforestación sobre las Áreas Protegidas en Centro América: Una Aproximación desde la Economía Ecológica Crítica (Impacts of Narco-deforestation on Protected Areas in Central America: A Critical Ecological Economics Approach). In: Azamar, A.; Escobar, D.; Peniche, S. Perspectivas de la economía ecológica en el nuevo siglo. Guadalajara, México: Universidad de Guadalajara, Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana de México, Universidad Autónoma de Chapingo, Fondo Editorial Universitario, Sociedad Mesoamericana y del Caribe de Economía Ecológica, pp. 241-271. URL: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/324209617_Impactos_de_la_Narco- deforestacion_sobre_las_Areas_Protegidas_en_Centroamerica_Una_Aproximacion_desde_la_Economia_Ecologi ca_Critica

2- Aguilar González, B. (2017) Economía Ecológica y Ecología Política: ciencia socioambiental crítica y participativa ante las políticas públicas en la América Latina de hoy (Ecological Economics and Political Ecology: critical and participatory socio-environmental science regarding public policies in Latin America today). In. Pengue, W. A. El pensamiento ambiental del Sur. Complejidad, recursos y ecología política latinoamericana. Los Polvorines, Argentina: Universidad Nacional de General Sarmiento, pp. 295-319. URL: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/324209645_Economia_ecologica_y_ecologia_politica_ciencia_socioam biental_critica_y_participativa_ante_las_politicas_publicas_en_la_America_Latina_de_hoy

3- Sepúlveda-Machado, M. & Aguilar-González, B. (2015) Significance of blue carbon in ecological aquaculture in the context of interrelated issues: A case study of Costa Rica. In: S. Mustafa & R. Shapawi, edits. Aquaculture Ecosystems. Adaptability and Sustainability. West Sussex, UK: John Wiley & Sons, pp. 182- 242. URL: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/295405413_Significance_of_blue_carbon_in_ecological_aquaculture_i n_the_context_of_interrelated_issues_A_case_study_of_Costa_Rica

4- Raes, L.; Moss, D.; Aguilar-González, B.; Kim, V.; Slusser, J.; Cslle, Z.; Murgueitio, E.; Maldonado, J.; Hall, J. (2015) Society and Water Related Ecosystem Services. In Hall, J.; Kim, V.; Yanguas, E. eds. Managing watersheds for ecosystem services in the steepland Neotropics. Smithsonian Research Institute-Interamerican Development Bank, pp. 67-83. URL: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/283658653_Society_and_Water_Related_Ecosystem_Services

5- Aguilar-González, B. (2014) Decisiones deliberativas bajo un enfoque multicriterial para Latinoamérica (Deliberative decisions under a multicriterial approach for Latin America). In Vallejo, M.C. & M. Aguado (eds.) Reflexiones sobre los límites del desarrollo. FLACSO, SENPLADES: Quito, Ecuador, pp. 83-130. URL: https://www.academia.edu/28028082/Decisiones_deliberativas_bajo_un_enfoque_multicriterial_para_Latinoamer ica

6- Aguilar González, B., (2013) Deuda Ecológica y Justicia Ambiental. Aplicación en América Latina y Especificidades de Costa Rica (Ecological Debt and Environmental Justice. Applications in Latin America with Emphasis in Costa Rica). In Pengue, W. & H. Feinstein (eds.). Nuevos enfoques de la Economía Ecológica (New Foci of Ecological Economics) Editorial Lugar, Buenos Aires, Argentina. URL: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/324209645_Economia_ecologica_y_ecologia_politica_ciencia_socioam biental_critica_y_participativa_ante_las_politicas_publicas_en_la_America_Latina_de_hoy

7- Aguilar-González, B., & Moulaert-Quirós, A. (2013). ECOTICOS: Multidimensional Valuation for Environmental Conflict Analysis in Costa Rica. In H. Healey, J. Martínez-Alier, L. Temper, M. Walter, & J. Gerber, Ecological Economics from the Ground Up. London: Earthscan-Routledge. URL: http://www.academia.edu/28028080/ECOTICOS_Multi- dimensional_valuation_for_environmental_conflict_analysis_in_Costa_Rica

8- Aguilar-González, B., et al. (2010) Keys to the Western Economy; An Ecologist Outlook. Interviews by Carlos Rivas. Editorial Kaycron: Buenos Aires, Argentina. URL: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/341103951_About_the_limits_of_energy_development_in_Keys_to_the _Western_Economy-An_Economist_Outloook

9- Aguilar-González, B. (2010) Entries: Aztlan (with Chang, J.), Costa Ricans (with Chang, J. and Leonard, D.), El Grito, Latino Studies and Soccer. In Leonard, D. and Lugo-Lugo, C. (eds.) Latinos and Latinas in US History and Culture: An Encyclopedia. M.E. Sharpe, Inc, Armonk, NY, pp. 58-59, 140-141; 220-221;290- 291;500-503. URL: https://www.amazon.com/Latino-History-Culture-Encyclopedia-Vol/dp/0765680831

10- Aguilar-González, B. (2007) La valoración económico-ecológica y la presente coyuntura socioecológica latinoamericana (Ecological economic valuation and the current socioecological juncture in Latin America). UICN-UNA. Valoración económica, ecológica y ambiental. Análisis de Casos en Iberoamérica, Editorial Universidad Nacional de Costa Rica, Heredia, Costa Rica. pp. 29-31. URL: https://portals.iucn.org/library/sites/library/files/documents/2007-054.pdf

11- Aguilar-González, B. (2007) Reflexiones y Estudios de Caso Utilizando una Teoría Mutidimensional del Valor: Recomendaciones para Centro América (Reflections and Case Studies Using a Multidimensional Theory of Value: Recommendations for Central America). UICN-UNA. Valoración económica, ecológica y ambiental. Análisis de Casos en Iberoamérica, Editorial Universidad Nacional de Costa Rica, Heredia, Costa Rica. pp. 35-78. URL: https://portals.iucn.org/library/sites/library/files/documents/2007-054.pdf

12- Muñoz, T., Loesser, M. and B. Aguilar (2004) Identifying Indicators of Ecosystem Health for a Semiarid Ecosystem: A Conceptual Approach in van Ripper III, C. and Cole, K. (ed) The Colorado Plateau. Cultural, Biological and Physical Research. Tucson, University of Arizona Press. PP. 139-152. URL: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/252403027_IDENTIFYING_INDICATORS_OF_ECOSYSTEM_HEA LTH_FOR_A_SEMIARID_ECOSYSTEM_A_CONCEPTUAL_APPROACH

13- Aguilar, B. & Semanchin, T. (2002) The Implications of Ecological Economic Theories of Value to Cost- Benefit Analysis: Importance of Alternative Valuation for Developing Nations with Special Emphasis on Central America. In Puttaswamaiah, K. (ed.) Cost-Benefit Analysis. Environmental and Ecological Perspectives. New Brunswick: Transaction Publishers. pp. 367-420. URL: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/341103902_The_Implications_of_Ecological_Economic_Theories_of_ Value_to_Cost- Benefit_Analysis_Importance_of_Alternative_Valuation_for_Developing_Nations_with_Special_Emphasis_on_ Central_America

14- Hall, C.; Hall, M. & Aguilar, B. (2000) A Brief Historical and Visual Introduction to Costa Rica. In Hall, C., et al. (ed.) Quantifying Sustainable Development. The Future of Tropical Economies. San Diego, Academic Press. PP. 19-44. URL: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/279433052_A_Brief_Historical_and_Visual_Introduction_to_Costa_Ri ca

15- Aguilar, B. & Klocker, J. (2000) The Costa Rican Coffee Industry. In Hall, C., et al. (ed.) Quantifying Sustainable Development. The Future of Tropical Economies. San Diego, Academic Press. PP. 595-628. URL: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/286399212_The_Costa_Rican_Coffee_Industry

III- Refereed and Invited Journal Articles (Selection After 2004):

1- Devine, J., Wrathall, D., Aguilar-González, B. et al., In Review. Narco-Degradation: Cocaine Trafficking's Environmental Impacts in Central America's Protected Areas. World Development.

2- Wrathall, D., Devine, J., Aguilar-González, B., et al. (2020). The Impacts of cocaine-trafficking on conservation governance in Central America. Global Environmental Change 63.URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2020.102098

3- Tellman, E., Sesnie, S.; Magliocca, N.; Nielsen, E,; Devine, J.; McSweney, K.; Jain, M.; Wrathall, D.; Benessaiah, K.; Aguilar-González, B. (2020). Illicit Drivers of Land Use Change: Narcotrafficking and Forest Loss in Central America. Global Environmental Change 63. URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2020.102092

4- Aguilar-González, B. & F. Mora-Rodríguez (2019) Esbozo histórico del uso y los conflictos por el espacio ambiental en la peninsula de Osa desde la experiencia de la Fundación Neotrópica (Historical outline of the use and conflicts for environmental space in the Osa peninsula from the experience of Fundación Neotrópica). Ambientico 271. Pp.6-17. URL: http://www.ambientico.una.ac.cr/pdfs/art/ambientico/271_6-17.pdf

5- Aguilar-González, B.; Navas, G.; Brun, C.; Aguilar-Umaña, A. (2018) Socio-ecological distribution conflicts in the mining sector in Guatemala (2005–2013): Deep rooted injustice and weak environmental governance. The Extractive Industries and Society. URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.exis.2018.02.002.

6- Navas, G.; Mingorria, S., Aguilar-González, B. (2018) Violence in environmental conflicts: the need for a multidimensional approach. Sustainability Science. URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11625-018-0551-8.

7- ECO ECO, ASAUEE, SMEE, SAEE, Weiss, J. (2017) The Role of Ecological Economics in Latin American Public Policy: Latin American Consensus at the ISEE Washington Meeting. Ecological Economics. Vol 138: 238-241. URL: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0921800917304238

8- Aguilar, B. & P. Cerdán (2016) Economía social y solidaria en los humedales costeros de Costa Rica frente al cambio climático. Ambientico 258. Pp.63-69. URL: http://www.ambientico.una.ac.cr/pdfs/art/ambientico/258- 63-69.pdf

9- Aguilar, B. (2015) Deuda Ecológica e Injusticia Ambiental en Áreas Protegidas Suburbanas: Estudio de Caso en la Zona Protectora La Carpintera en Costa Rica (Ecological Debt and Environmental Injustice in Suburban Protected Areas: A Case Study of La Carpintera Protected Zone). Revista de Investigaciones Económicas de la Universidad de Panamá. Vol. 10, N. 2. pp. 70-86. URL: https://www.academia.edu/28028084/Deuda_Ecologica_e_Injusticia_Ambiental_Estudio_de_Caso_en_la_Zona_ Protectora_La_Carpintera

10- Aguilar, B. (2015) Efectos Económico-Ecológicos de la Degradación del Suelo en Panamá: Estudio de Caso en Cerro Punta, Chiriquí (Ecological-Economic Effects of Soil Degradation in Panama: A Case Study of Cerro Punta Chiriquí). Revista de Investigaciones Económicas. Vol. 8, N. 2, pp. 57-62. URL: https://www.academia.edu/28028079/EFECTOS_ECON%C3%93MICO- _ECOL%C3%93GICOS_DE_LA_DEGRADACI%C3%93N_DEL_SUELO_EN_PANAM%C3%81_ESTUDIO_ DE_CASO_EN_CERRO_PUNTA_CHIRIQU%C3%8D

11- Muradian, R., Arsel, M., Pellegrini, L., Adaman, F., Aguilar, B., et al. (2013) Payments for ecosystem services and the fatal attraction of win-win solutions. Conservation Letters. Vol 6: 4, pp. 274-279. URL: https://conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/j.1755-263X.2012.00309.x

12- Muñoz-Erickson, T., Aguilar-González, B; Loeser, M.R. & T.D. Sisk. (2010) A Framework to Evaluate Ecological and Social Outcomes of Collaborative Management: Lessons from Implementation with a Northern Arizona Collaborative Group (Un Marco para Evaluar los Resultados Ecológicos y Sociales del Manejo Colaborativo: Lecciones de la Implementación con un Grupo Colaborativo en el Norte de Arizona). Environmental Management. Vol. 45, N. 1. PP. 132-144. DOI 10.1007/s00267-009-9400-y. URL: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19936827

13- Aguilar González, B. (2009) El índice integral de salud de ecosistemas (ISEE): un indicador multicriterio de sustentabilidad netamente latinoamericano (The holistic ecosystem health indicator (HEHI): A truly Latin American multicriteria indicator of sustainability). Revista Iberoamericana de Economía Ecológica. Vol. 13: 57- 77. URL: http://www.redibec.org/IVO/rev13_05.pdf

14- Aguilar González, B. (2008) Oportunidades para la Economía Ecológica y la Ecología Política en Costa Rica: La Zona Protectora Cerros de La Carpintera y Otros Parques de Papel en el Valle Central (Opportunities for Ecological Economics and Political Ecology in Costa Rica: The Cerros de la Carpintera Protected Zone and Other Paper Parks in the Central Valley). Revista Economía y Sociedad. Vol 13, No 33-34. URL: https://www.revistas.una.ac.cr/index.php/economia/article/view/83

15- Muñoz-Erickson, T. A., Aguilar-González, B. & T. D. Sisk. (2007) Linking ecosystem health indicators and collaborative management: a systematic framework to evaluate ecological and social outcomes. Ecology and Society 12(2): 6. [online] URL: http://www.ecologyandsociety.org/vol12/iss2/art6/

IV- Technical Reports (Selection after 2011):

1- Aguilar-González, B.; Cordero, N. & Cole, J. (2020) Aplicación de Indicadores de Éxito Económico para los Proyectos del Programa Manejo Integrado de Recursos Naturales con Pueblos Indígenas en Centroamérica 2019-2020 (Application of Economic Success Indicators for the Projects of the Integrated Natural Resource

Management Program with Indigenous Peoples in Central America). San José, Costa Rica: Fundación Neotrópica -Adelphi Consultants GBMh. URL: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/341105853_Aplicacion_de_Indicadores_de_Exito_Economico_para_los _Proyectos_del_Programa_Manejo_Integrado_de_Recursos_Naturales_con_Pueblos_Indigenas_en_Centroameric a_2019-2020

2- Aguilar-González, B. (2020). Valoración Económica de Bienes y Servicios Ecosistémicos para el Proyecto Manglar Vivo. Parte 2 (Economic Valuation of Ecosystem Goods and Services for the Manglar Vivo Project. Part 2). Consultancy Report for Agencia del Medio Ambiente- CITMA, La Habana, Cuba. Fundación Neotrópica. URL: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/341105713_Valoracion_Economica_de_Bienes_y_Servicios_Ecosistem icos_para_el_Proyecto_Manglar_Vivo_Parte_2

3- Aguilar-González, B. (2019). Valoración Económica de Bienes y Servicios Ecosistémicos para el Proyecto Manglar Vivo (Economic Valuation of Ecosystem Goods and Services for the Manglar Vivo Project). Consultancy Report for Agencia del Medio Ambiente- CITMA, La Habana, Cuba. Fundación Neotrópica. URL: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/341105870_Valoracion_Economica_de_Bienes_y_Servicios_Ecosistem icos_para_el_Proyecto_Manglar_Vivo

4- Aguilar-González, B.; Mora, F.& Cole, J. (2019) Espacio ambiental en el Río Ocloro de Costa Rica: ¿Cómo se construye el empoderamiento ciudadano?(Environmental Space in the Ocloro River in Costa Rica: How do you build citizen empowerment?). Fundación Neotrópica-Friedrich Ebert Stiftung. URL: http://library.fes.de/pdf-files/bueros/fesamcentral/15880.pdf

5- Aguilar-González, B. & Mora, F. (2019) Espacio ambiental en la región de Osa en Costa Rica: La experiencia práctica de la Fundación Neotrópica (Environmental Space in the Osa Region in Costa Rica: The practicas experience of Fundación Neotrópica). Fundación Neotrópica-Friedrich Ebert Stiftung. URL: http://library.fes.de/pdf-files/bueros/fesamcentral/15893.pdf

6- Mora, F. & Aguilar-González, B. (2019) El Derecho al Espacio Ambiental en Costa Rica: Parte Esencial de la Transformación Socioecológica. (The Right to Environmental Space in Costa Rica: An Essential Part of the Socio-ecological Transformation). Fundación Neotrópica-Friedrich Ebert Stiftung. URL: http://library.fes.de/pdf-files/bueros/fesamcentral/15690.pdf

7- Aguilar González, B.; Granados Torres, Y. & Cordero Vargas, N. (2019) Desarrollo de Indicadores de Éxito Económico para los Proyectos del Programa Manejo Integrado de Recursos Naturales con Pueblos Indígenas en Centroamérica. San José, Costa Rica: Fundación Neotrópica -Adelphi Consultants GBMh. URL: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/341105112_Desarrollo_de_Indicadores_de_Exito_Economico_para_los _Proyectos_del_Programa_Manejo_Integrado_de_Recursos_Naturales_con_Pueblos_Indigenas_en_Centroameric a

8- Aguilar-González, B. & Granados, Y. (2019). Evaluación Técnica y Recomendaciones en Materia de Uso de Instrumentos Económicos en Asuntos de Política Ambiental en Costa Rica con vista de los Requerimientos para el Ingreso a la OCDE (Technical Evaluation and Recommendations on the Use of Economic Instruments in Environmental Policy Matters in Costa Rica in view of the Requirements for Admission to the OECD). Technical Report for the EU. Eurosupport-KPMG. URL: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/341105486_Evaluacion_Tecnica_y_Recomendaciones_en_Materia_de_ Uso_de_Instrumentos_Economicos_en_Asuntos_de_Politica_Ambiental_en_Costa_Rica_con_vista_de_los_Requ erimientos_para_el_Ingreso_a_la_OCDE

9- Aguilar-González, B., Cerdán, P., Fernández, A. & Granados, Y (2018) Evaluación Participativa de Viabilidad de Opciones de sistemas productivos sostenibles en las Cuencas Piloto con base en su desempeño económico-ecológico de costos y beneficios, su viabilidad legal, social, técnica y económica (Participatory Assessment of Viability of Options for sustainable production systems in Pilot Basins based on their economic and ecological performance of costs and benefits, their legal, social, technical and economic viability) San José, Costa Rica: Fundación Neotrópica. URL: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/341106032_Evaluacion_Participativa_de_Viabilidad_de_Opci ones_de_sistemas_productivos_sostenibles_en_las_Cuencas_Piloto_con_base_en_su_desempeno_econ omico-ecologico_de_costos_y_beneficios_su_viabilidad_legal_soc#fullTextFileContent

10- Aguilar-González, B., Cerdán, P., Fernández, A., Granados, Y, Cordero, N. (2018) Documento de estudio de oportunidad sobre la viabilidad de fuentes financieras para la creación del Fondo MST y propuesta de estructura y mecánica del fondo. (Opportunity study document on the viability of financial sources for the creation of the SLM Fund and proposal of structure and mechanics of the fund). San José, Costa Rica: Fundación Neotrópica. URL: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/341106449_Documento_de_estudio_de_oportunidad_sobre_la _viabilidad_de_fuentes_financieras_para_la_creacion_del_Fondo_MST_y_propuesta_de_estructura_y_ mecanica_del_fondo

11- Aguilar-González, B., Cerdán, P. & Granados, Y. (2018) Justicia Ambiental en Costa Rica. Democracia Política, Económica, Ecológica y Conflictos Socio-ambientales (Environmental Justice in Costa Rica: Political Economic, Ecological and Socio-environmental Conflicts), San José, Costa Rica: Fundación Neotrópica- Friedrich Ebert Stiftung. URL: https://library.fes.de/pdf-files/bueros/fesamcentral/14519.pdf

12- Aguilar-González, B.; Granados, Y. & Cordero, N. (2018). Programa de Capacitación en Economía Ambiental en Materia de Uso de Instrumentos Económicos en Asuntos de Política Ambiental en Costa Rica con vista de los Requerimientos para el Ingreso a la OCDE (Training Program in Environmental Economics on the Use of Economic Instruments in Environmental Policy Issues in Costa Rica in view of the Requirements for Admission to the OECD.). Technical Report for the EU. Eurosupport-KPMG. URL: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/341105612_Programa_de_Capacitacion_en_Economia_Ambiental_en_ Materia_de_Uso_de_Instrumentos_Economicos_en_Asuntos_de_Politica_Ambiental_en_Costa_Rica_con_vista_ de_los_Requerimientos_para_el_Ingreso_a_la_OCDE

13- Aguilar-González, B., et al. (2017) Report by Fundación Neotrópica on the Question of the Methodology for the Assessment of Environmental Damage. Report submitted by the Ministry of Foreign Relations of Costa Rica to the International Court of Justice in The Hague. Fundación Neotrópica, San José, Costa Rica. URL (Annex 1): https://www.icj-cij.org/files/case-related/150/150-20170808-WRI-01-00-EN.pdf

14- Aguilar-González, B., et al. (2016) Monetary valuation of the environmental damage arising from the construction of artificial caños and clearing of trees and vegetation performed by the Government of Nicaragua in Isla Portillos, Humedal Caribe Noreste, Costa Rica, in conformity with the Judgment of the International Court of Justice, The Hague. Report submitted by the Ministry of Foreign Relations of Costa Rica to the International Court of Justice in The Hague. Fundación Neotrópica, San José, Costa Rica. URL (Annex 1): https://www.icj-cij.org/files/case-related/150/150-20170403-WRI-01-00-EN.pdf

15- Aguilar González, B. & Segura Bonilla, O. (2016) Estado del Arte en Metodologías de Valoración de los Servicios Ecosistémicos y el Daño Ambiental (State of the Art in Methodologies for the Valuation of Ecosystem Services and Environmental Damage). Cuadernos de Política Económica 003-2016. Universidad Nacional de Costa Rica, Heredia, Costa Rica. URL:

https://repositorio.una.ac.cr/bitstream/handle/11056/13228/Cuaderno%20003- 2016%20Segura%20%26%20Aguilar%20.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y

16- Segura Bonilla, O & Aguilar González, B. (2016) Valoración del Daño Ambiental Ocasionado por la Deforestación en el Área de Influencia del Proyecto Paraguay Biodiversidad (A Valuation of the Environmental Damage Caused by Deforestation in the Area of Influence of the Paraguay Biodiversity Project). Report for Proyecto Paraguay Biodiversidad-ITAIPU, Paraguay. URL: http://www.paraguaybio.com.py/descargas/Valoracion%20del%20Dano%20Ambiental/Valoracin%20del%20Dan o%20Ambiental%20-Informe%20Final%20corregido%20PYBIO.pdf

17- Aguilar-González, B., et al. (2013) Valoración Económica de Bienes y Servicios Ecosistémicos, Costos de la Degradación de la Tierra y Desarrollo de Escenarios y Alternativas de Uso de la Tierra y Gestión del Territorio: Estudio de Caso de Cerro Punta, Panamá (Economic Valuation of Ecosystem Goods and Services, Costs of Land Degradation and Development of Scenarios and Alternatives for Land Use and Territory Management: Case Study of Cerro Punta, Panama). San José, Costa Rica: Fundación Neotrópica-Earth Economics. URL: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/341106635_Valoracion_Economica_de_Bienes_y_Servicios_Ecosistem icos_Costos_de_la_Degradacion_de_la_Tierra_y_Desarrollo_de_Escenarios_y_Alternativas_de_Uso_de_la_Tier ra_y_Gestion_del_Territorio_Estudio_de_Caso_de

18- Aguilar-González, B. et al. (2013) Inventario de Iniciativas, Programas, Grupos de Interés, Actores y Evaluación de Incentivos y Mecanismos Basados en Mercados para la Implementación del PMST en Panamá (Inventory of Initiatives, Programs, Interest Groups, Actors and Evaluation of Incentives and Market-Based Mechanisms for the Implementation of the SLMP in Panama). San José, Costa Rica: Fundación Neotrópica. URL: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/341106543_Inventario_de_Iniciativas_Programas_Grupos_de_Interes_ Actores_y_Evaluacion_de_Incentivos_y_Mecanismos_Basados_en_Mercados_para_la_Implementacion_del_PM ST_en_Panama

19- Aguilar-González, B. et al (2013) Recomendaciones sobre la Utilización de los Incentivos y Mecanismos Basados en el Mercado Seleccionados para Generar Inversiones en Actividades que Promuevan las PMST: Estudio de Caso de Cerro Punta, Panamá (Recommendations on the Use of Selected Market Based Incentives and Mechanisms to Generate Investments in Activities that Promote SLMP: Case Study of Cerro Punta, Panama). San José, Costa Rica: Fundación Neotrópica. URL: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/341106727_Recomendaciones_sobre_la_Utilizacion_de_los_Incentivos _y_Mecanismos_Basados_en_el_Mercado_Seleccionados_para_Generar_Inversiones_en_Actividades_que_Prom uevan_las_PMST_Estudio_de_Caso_de_Cerro_Punta_Pa

20- Aguilar-González, B. et. al. (2013) Conciliando Productivamente: Identificación de Actividades Viables de Producción Sostenible para Pobladores/as de la Reserva Forestal Golfo Dulce (Productively Reconciling: Identification of Viable Sustainable Production Activities for Residents of the Golfo Dulce Forest Reserve). San José, Costa Rica: INOGO, Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment-Fundación Neotrópica. URL: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/341107231_Conciliando_productivamente_identificacion_de_acti vidades_viables_de_produccion_sostenible_para_pobladoresas_de_la_Reserva_Forestal_Golfo_Dulce

21- Aguilar-González, B. et. al. (2012) Valoración Económico-Ecológica Rápida de los Daños Ambientales Relacionados a los Cambios de Cobertura del Suelo en la Fincas Propiedad de Industrias Infinito luego de la Resolución 244-2008-SCH del Área de Conservación Huetar-Norte (An Ecological-Economic Valuation of the Environmental Damages Related to the Changes in Land Cover in the Farms of Industrias Infinito Sociedad Anónima According to the Resolution 244-2008-SCH from the Huetar-Norte Conservation Area). Report for the Ministry of the Environment, Energy and Telecommunications, San José, Costa Rica: Fundación Neotrópica.

URL: https://www.academia.edu/6141077/Valoraci%C3%B3n_Econ%C3%B3mico- Ecol%C3%B3gica_R%C3%A1pida_de_los_Da%C3%B1os_Ambientales_Relacionados_a_los_Cambios_de_Co bertura_del_Suelo_en_el_Proyecto_Minero_Crucitas_An_Ecological- Economic_Valuation_of_the_Environmental_Damages_in_the_Crucitas_Mine_Project

22- Aguilar-González, B. et. al. A Summary of Actual and Potential Environmental Service Losses Due to the Current Ecological Conflict in the Portillos/Calero Island Region in the Caribe Noreste Wetland in Northeastern Costa Rica. Report for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. San José, Costa Rica: Fundación Neotrópica, October 2011. URL: https://www.academia.edu/6141640/A_Summary_of_Actual_and_Potential_Environmental_Service_Losses_Due _to_the_Current_Ecological_Conflict_in_the_Portillos_Calero_Island_Region_in_the_Caribe_Noreste_Wetland_ in_Northeastern_Costa_Rica

23- Aguilar-González, B. and A. Moulaert-Quirós. A Preliminary Ecological-Economic Estimation of the Environmental Service Loss Due To The Current Ecological Conflict In the Isla Portillos Region In The Caribe Noreste Wetland In Northeastern Costa Rica. Report for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. San José, Costa Rica: Fundación Neotrópica, March 2011. URL: https://www.academia.edu/6141595/A_Preliminary_Ecological- Economic_Estimation_of_the_Environmental_Service_Loss_Due_To_The_Current_Ecological_Conflict_In_the_ Isla_Portillos_Region_In_The_Caribe_Noreste_Wetland_In_Northeastern_Costa_Rica

V- Newspaper, Magazine Articles, Invited Reviews

More than 100 articles published in Costa Rican, Nicaraguan and US (Arizona) daily newspapers and magazines on topics of Ecological Economics, Political Ecology/Environmental Conflicts, Natural Resource Valuation, Radical Experiential Education, Collaborative Conservation, Wetland Conservation, Sustainability Studies, Latin American/Border Studies, Migration Studies and Environmental Law. More than 20 reviews published in the Quarterly Review of Biology. More details are available upon request.

Other Professional Activities

Including TV appearances, keynotes, presentations, radio interviews and others are available upon request.

Honors

1- Papal Medaglia Pontifica ANNO IV for Collaboration and Representation of the Holy See in the 2019 Climate Change PRECOP in San José, Costa Rica. February, 2020. . 2- Magna Cum Laude distinction for dissertation: “Una Estimación de la Deuda Ecológica de la Zona Urbana Metropolitana por Medio de la Valoración Alternativa Económica-Ecológica para la Zona Protectora Cerros de La Carpintera en el Valle Central de Costa Rica.” (An Estimation of Ecological Debt of the Metropolitan Urban Area through an Alternative Ecological Economic Valuation for the Cerros de la Carpintera Protected Zone in the Central valley of Costa Rica.). March 2019.

3- Honorable Mentions Recognition of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for invaluable service and collaboration in defense of the interests of Costa Rica, August of 2017.

4- Bernardo Aguilar Award. Proposed by the student membership and adopted by the United States Society for Ecological Economics for the member that has inspired more students/practitioners to work in the field of Ecological Economics, 2003 onward.

5- Certificate of Recognition for Outstanding Contribution to Cultural Exchange and International Understanding, University of Georgia, June 1991.

6- Phi Beta Delta Honor Society for International Scholars, Tau Chapter, University of Georgia, April 1991.

7- Fulbright Scholarship, United States Information Service, Scholarships for Peace Program, 1989-1991.

8- US AID Short Training Scholarship for Student Leaders, Scholarships for Peace Program, October- December 1985.

Professional Affiliations

- American Association of Agricultural Law 1989-1991. - American Association of Agricultural Economics 1990-2000. - National Association of Ethnic Studies. 2003-2008. - Association for Borderland Studies. 2003-2008. - International Society for Ecosystem Health and Medicine 1994 – 2003 Member of the Board of Directors 1997-1999, Member of the Advisory Board 1999-2003. - United States Society for Ecological Economics since 2000 – Member of the Board of Directors 2004-2006, 2007-2011. Newsletter editor May 2006-2009. Nominated for the President-Elect Position (2006). - Mesoamerican Society for Ecological Economics since 2008. Member of the Board of Directors, 2010, President of the Board 2010-2018. - International Society for Ecological Economics since 1993. Member of the Board 2018-2020. - Lawyers Bar of Costa Rica since 1987. - Costa Rican Economists Professional Association since 2012.

Other Volunteer Work/ Board Participation

National Committee IUCN (International Union for the Conservation of Nature) San José, Costa Rica Member in representation of Fundación Neotrópica. February 2018-Current.

Banco Popular y de Desarrollo Comunal San José, Costa Rica Substitute Member in representation of the Presidency of the Republic. May 2015-August 2017.

National Conservation Area Council (National System of Conservation Areas-SINAC) San José, Costa Rica Member in representation of Central Volcanic Range Conservation Area. February 2013-August 2017.

Earth Economics Tacoma, Washington, USA Advisory Board Member. 2012 to 2017.

Biodiversity Partnership Mesoamerica San José, Costa Rica Executive Board Member. 2012-2014

Regional Conservation Area Council-Central Volcanic Range Conservation Area (National System of Conservation Areas-SINAC) San José, Costa Rica Board Member in representation of environmental NGOs. February 2009-August 2017.

José Figueres-Ferrer Museum, La Lucha Sin Fin, Costa Rica Board member, June 2008 to 2018.

Aztlan Center for Immigrant Resources, Prescott College for the Liberal Arts and the Environment, Prescott, Arizona. Member of coordinating group. Fall 2000-2008.

Arizona Coalition for Migrant Rights Board member. December 2005-2007

Technical Skills

Languages: Spanish (native speaker), English (native speaker level speak read and write), French (basic conversational training, reading and writing), Italian (basic speaking, fluent reading and basic writing), Portuguese (basic speaking, fluent reading and basic writing), Russian (basic speaking, reading and writing).

Computers: spreadsheets; statistics and econometric packages and Gauss language; databases; telecommunications; mathematical; word processors; utilities in general.

Personal

Costa Rican citizen. Born on September 19, 1961 in San José, Costa Rica: Good health. More details available upon request.

References

Dr. René Castro-Salazar, Ph.D. Assistant Director, FAO, Rome, Italy Ph: +0039 06 570 51 E-mail: [email protected]

Dr. Alejandro Muñoz Villalobos, Ph.D., President, RECOPE, San José, Costa Rica. Ph.: +506 8553-1154 E-mail: [email protected]

Dr. Gustavo Gutiérrez-Espeleta, Ph.D., Professor, School of Biology, University of Costa Rica, San José, Costa Rica. Ph.: +506 8389-2176 E-mail: [email protected], [email protected]

Dr. Thomas Fleischner, Ph.D., Faculty Emeritus, Prescott College, Prescott, Arizona. Ph.: +1 928 350-2219 E-mail: [email protected]