The Peace Corps and Mario Boza: A Perfect Union for Environmental Education

 

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Autor: Michael Major
Formato: artículo original
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de Publicación:2022
Descripción:Mario Boza forged a strong alliance with the United States Peace Corps and actively sought volunteers for assistance during the early days of the development of the national parks system. Mario recognized the value of Peace Corps volunteers (PCVs) as they were university educated, had good command of Spanish and were willing to engage in any task requested of them while not protesting about discomforts. Mario initially recruited PCVs in the 1970s to help develop the infrastructure of the nascent National Park Service as well as to conduct biological inventories and historical documentation of the proposed parks. In the 1980s, Mario reached out to the Peace Corps once again for assistance in a national environmental education campaign to increase awareness of the need to protect wildlands and Costa Rica’s biodiversity.
País:Portal de Revistas UNED
Institución:Universidad Estatal a Distancia
Repositorio:Portal de Revistas UNED
Lenguaje:Español
OAI Identifier:oai:revistas.investiga.uned.ac.cr:article/4377
Acceso en línea:https://revistas.uned.ac.cr/index.php/biocenosis/article/view/4377
Palabra clave:Mario Boza
environmental education
United States Peace Corps
volunteers
national parks
educación ambiental
Cuerpo de Paz de los Estados Unidos
voluntarios
parques nacionales