Conflict Resolution of the Boruca Hydro-Energy Project: Renewable Energy Production in Costa Rica
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Conflict Resolution of the Boruca Hydro-Energy Project: Renewable Energy Production in Costa Rica
By (Author) Dr. Jurgen Carls
By (author) Warren R. Haffar
By (author) Lauren E. Jones
By (author) Jessica E. Morey
Continuum Publishing Corporation
Continuum Publishing Corporation
23rd February 2012
NIPPOD
United States
Classifications
Tertiary Education
Non Fiction
Alternative and renewable energy industries
Peace studies and conflict resolution
Indigenous peoples
333.794097286
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Paperback
234
Description
A case study that profiles the best practices for sustainable development, indigenous human rights, and conflict resolution, providing original insights into Latin American environmental and development politics.
Reviews
"Carls and Haffar describe the efforts to mediate between the local and national interests of the government of Costa Rica, the indigenous people, and the World Bank and other potential financing institutions, regarding construction of the hydroelectric dam in southern Costa Rica. The study was conducted as a learning tool for students in the two universities. It covers energy production and needs in developing countries, the Boruca project itself, rethinking project design, and regional development implications in the south of Costa Rica. The conflict primarily involved environmental degradation and loss of human rights, they conclude, and was resolved by listening carefully to stakeholder positions, interests, fears, and needs. They also argue that the resolution could have been earlier and easier if an adequate discussion forum had been available from the start." -Eithne O'Leyne, BOOK NEWS, Inc.
Author Bio
Warren Haffar is Associate Dean for Internationalization and Director of the International Peace and Conflict Resolution Master's Program at Arcadia University (PA). Jurgen Carls serves as Government Advisor to the Ministry of Agriculture in Lisbon, Portugal and freelance consultant to the FAO. He is Special Advisor for the UN-mandated University for Peace in Costa Rica. He also lectures on sustainable development at the Humboldt University of Berlin. Lauren E. Jones is a Barrister & Solicitor in Ontario, Canada. She has recently published a chapter titled Kill or be Killed: the plight of child soldiers in Africa in Victimology in South Africa (2013) edited by Robert Peacock and published in Pretoria, South Africa.
