CATIE

At the CATIE Botanical Garden- different fruits

Coffee

Carbon Neutral transportation

CATIE

Turrialba, Costa Rica

CATIE Tropical Agricultural Research and Higher Education Center.  CATIE is responsible for the design of environmental policies not only in Costa Rica but in all of Central and part of South America.  The center also offers Master's degrees and Doctoral degrees.
Costa Rica has been very succesfull at implementing many incentives that have changed and improved the landscape of the country.
In order to achieve their sustainable goals, CATIE is fully compromised in scientific research, educational and technical cooperation.  The results of their research is what influence their public environmental policies.
Part of the overall CATIE campus includes the CATIE Botanical Garden, home of tropical exotic fruits, birds, trees, flowers and many more.  CATIE experimental farms, one for cacao crops, one for annual crops, and 3 for perennial crops.
According to CATIE there are good number of case studies in Costa Rica which include:  Rancho Margot as a self-contained project.  Playa Coyote as an example of sustainable fishing, and Monteverde, which they described at the cradle of sustainability in Costa Rica. 

http://www.catie.ac.cr/magazin_ENG.asp?CodIdioma=ENG
http://www.catie.ac.cr/Comunicacion/B/bol_3_2012_mist_ing/bol_3_2012_mist_ing.asp?CodIdioma=ENG
http://www.monteverdeinfo.com/