Deforestation in Costa Rica Costa Rica is famous for it’s rainforests and vast biodiversity and ecosystems‚ including 12‚000 species of plants‚ 1‚239 species of butterflies‚ 838 species of birds‚ 440 species of reptiles and amphibians‚ and 232 species of mammals (Wikipedia)‚ which overtime have become under threat due to deforestation. Since the end of World War II‚ 80 percent of Costa Rican forests have disappeared (Wikipedia). Various companies are cutting down forests‚ to provide
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Costa Rica was founded by Christopher Columbus on his fourth and last voyage to the new world in 1502. Already living in Costa Rica were four indigenous tribes. The Corucas‚ Chibchas‚ and Diquis lived in the south west region while the Caribs lived on the east coast. Tthe natives from the tribes either left when the Spaniards arrived or died from the disease smallpox. Colonists started to settle in this area in 1522. After settlement‚ Spain was under a military Governor from the Captaincy General
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COSTA RICA: LAND OF BEAUTIFUL BEACHES Costa Rica is a country with a land mass of about 20‚000 square miles located at the southern end of the American continent‚ bordered to the north by Nicaragua and Panama on the south. The Pacific Ocean surrounds the west and eastern ends of Costa Rica and the Caribbean Sea‚ making the country a haven of many beaches and resort centers and ensuring tourism is the country’s major economic driver. Every year‚ hundreds of thousands of tourists visit Costa Rica with
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4Ps (only place and promotion) Place: Indirect channel distribution marketing stragegy was exploited. Initially had a very little supermarket stragegy Maintain strong relationship with the distributors. Inventing in coolers and vending machine. (Details to convince): In the United States‚ Dr Pepper Snapple Group does not have a complete network of bottlers and distributors‚ so the drink is sometimes bottled under contract by Coca-Cola or Pepsi bottlers. Currently‚ the majority of Pepsi and
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Ever wanted to go south to a Latin American country? Well there is plenty to choose from but my best pick of where to go would be to this little‚ beautiful country culturally and physically‚ called Costa Rica. You don ’t believe me‚ huh? Decide for yourself. Costa Rica ’s general information Costa Rica is currently at the population of 4‚500‚000. The national territory is 31‚682 square miles. If you compare that to size of the United States at 3.79 million square miles‚ its a very small piece
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Report on Costa v ENEL The following report gives a short overview on the judgment of the European Court of Justice of 15 July 1964‚ the so called Costa v ENEL case. Besides the judgment itself the report also refers to the treaty on European Union and the treaty establishing the European Community as well as to the book “Comparative Law in a Changing World”. Due to article 234 (ex 177) EC‚ giving the European Court of Justice the jurisdiction to give preliminary rulings concerning among others
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Human habitation can be traced back more than 10‚000 years but it appears Costa Rica was sparsely populated and a relative backwater in the pre-Columbian era. There is little sign of major communities and none of the impressive stone architecture that characterized the more advanced civilizations of Mesoamerica to the north and the Andes to the south. When Columbus arrived near Lim¢¢n on September 18‚ 1502 on his third and last voyage to the Americas‚ there were probably no more than 20‚000 indigenous
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What have been the main effects of globalisation on Less Developed Countries (LDCs)? Globalisation can be seen as one of the most important force impacting on every economy in the world and is a complex and illusive process that brings about vast definitions and interpretations‚ making it a subject of intense debate and much controversy (Lambie‚ 2007) . Since the 1980s‚ Globalisation denotes the increasing connection and integration of the world economy‚ bringing new opportunities to Less Developed
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759 Store is one of the famous supermarkets in Hong Kong. Many people love to buy 759 Store’ products because of the lowest prices. Their marketing strategy is “small profits‚ quick returns” which mean they sell their products at low price in order to increase the stock turnover rate and earn the profit faster. However‚ some research shows that the price of the local products in 759 Store are much lower than others competitors and some of other retailer shop owners pointed that 759 Store are underpricing
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I. COMPANY OVERVIEW 1. General information True Corporation Public Company Limited Logo: Address: 18 True Tower‚ Ratchadaphisek Road‚Huai Khwang‚ Bangkok 10310‚ Thailand Tel:+66 2643 1111 Fax:+66 2643 1651 2. True Company’s background True Corporation Public Company Limited‚one of the nation’s strongest brands‚ ‚ has pushed communication businesses into one brand‚ "True"‚ promoting the companies in the form of True Convergence. True’s vision and mission - Vision: Become the
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