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Título del libro: Community Action For Conservation: Mexican Experiences
Título del capítulo: Community conservation and ethnoecology: The three dimensions of local-level biodiversity maintenance

Autores UNAM:
VICTOR MANUEL TOLEDO MANZUR;
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Idioma:
Inglés
Año de publicación:
2013
Resumen:

Over the past two decades, local people have developed community-based conservation projects as alternatives or complements to conventional large protected areas. Although most scholars and conservationists have largely ignored the successes of small community conservation projects, these continue growing at an unexpected rate. Community conservation has been examined from several viewpoints, including those of institutions, conservation success, local knowledge, development, and local livelihood needs. As a contribution to the better understanding of local-or community-level conservation, this chapter analyzes the several modes of biodiversity maintenance among indigenous peoples from an ethnoecological perspective. The above implies exploring the conservation significance of local cosmovisions, knowledge, and practices. The chapter finishes with a brief review of the conservation contributions of several indigenous groups of Mexico, including the Wixárika of Nayarit, the Seris of Sonora, and the Maya of the Yucatan Peninsula. © 2013 Springer Science+Business Media New York. All rights are reserved.

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ISBN:
9781461479567
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Springer New York Nombre de la publicación:
Community conservation and ethnoecology: The three dimensions of local-level biodiversity maintenance
Página inicial:
13
Página final:
24

Tipo de producto:
Capítulo de un Libro



DOI:
10.1007/978-1-4614-7956-7_2