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Deforestation Around the World
suggests that it contributes significantly to reinforce conservation attitudes of the people
respect to the deforestation and other environmental problems (Blum, 2008; Koens et al.,
2009; Palmer, 1998). Further studies in particular communities of Costa Rica are necessary to
evaluate if the environmental education per se is able to minimize, or even revert, the
deforestation at the long-term.
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Fig. 2. Changes in the number of forest hectares under government and private management
in Costa Rica. Different capital letters indicate significant differences among years, and
different lowercase letters indicate differences among reserve type (contrast tests, P