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Título del libro: Community Action For Conservation: Mexican Experiences
Título del capítulo: Conservation and forest communities in Mexico: Experiences, visions, and rights

Autores UNAM:
LETICIA MERINO PEREZ;
Autores externos:

Idioma:
Inglés
Año de publicación:
2013
Resumen:

As in other developing countries, in Mexico forest and conservation policies are fields of debate and struggle. Among the urban population-which makes up the vast majority of the country-it is generally thought that deforestation is intense, widespread all through the nation; collective property and use of natural resources by the rural poor are regarded as the main drivers. While deforestation and forest deterioration are frequent in many regions, they cannot be explained using simple equations. Simplified perceptions of socio-environmental contexts become foundational assumptions for the elaboration of public policies that often misread local realities and result in dysfunctional panaceas when imposed on local societies and landscapes. Based on the results of empirical research on 103 forest communities, I discuss some of the main demographic, social, and economic characteristics of the Mexican forest communities that safeguard much of Mexican biological diversity. © 2013 Springer Science+Business Media New York. All rights are reserved.


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