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Community Action for Conservation [electronic resource] : Mexican Experiences
ISBN:
9781461479567
Title:
Community Action for Conservation [electronic resource] : Mexican Experiences
Author:
Porter-Bolland, Luciana.
Personal Author:
Porter-Bolland, Luciana.
Publication Information:
Dordrecht : Springer, 2013.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (184 p.)
General Note:
Description based upon print version of record.
Contents:
Foreword; Mexican Lessons to Take to Heart: Traveling the Path to Biodiversity and Forest Conservation in Our Age of Global Change; Preface; Contents; Contributors; Chapter 1: Introduction: Biocultural Diversity and the Participation of Local Communities in National and Global Conservation; References; Part I:A General Approach to the Context of Community-Based Conservation; Chapter 2: Community Conservation and Ethnoecology: The Three Dimensions of Local-Level Biodiversity Maintenance; Introduction; An Ethnoecological View of Community Conservation; The Kosmos; The Corpus; The Praxis

Examples and CasesReferences; Chapter 3: Conservation and Forest Communities in Mexico: Experiences, Visions, and Rights; Introduction; Forests, Rights, and Ecological Values; Conflicting Agendas: Forests, Conservation, and Agrarian Policies in Modern Mexico; Community Forest Management: Potential and Limitations; Forest Communities' Diverse Conditions; Main Patterns and Synergies of Forest Use and Conservation; Conclusions; References; Part II:Case Studies of Community Conservation; Chapter 4: Community Conservation Experiences in Three Ejidos of the Lower Balsas River Basin, Michoacán

IntroductionBiodiversity Conservation Strategies in Michoacán; The COINBIO Project; Case Studies; Location and General Characteristics of the Case Studies' Region; Social and Environmental History of the Ejidos; Socioeconomic and Environmental Characteristics of the Community Conservation Areas; Regulatory Mechanisms for the Three Community Conservation Areas; Discussion and Conclusions; References; Chapter 5: Challenges in ICCA Governance: The Case of El Cordon del Retén in San Miguel Chimalapa, Oaxaca; Introduction; The Study Site

Processes Leading to the Creation of El Retén: Struggles for Land, Livelihoods, and BiodiversityAfter Official Recognition: Challenges Encountered in the Management of El Retén; Institutional Arrangements for Governance and Implications for Local Control; Mismatch Between Expectations and Actual Benefits; Need for Institutional Structures for Participation and Accountability; ICCAs: Power Gives and Takes; References; Chapter 6: Local Perceptions of Conservation Initiatives in the Calakmul Region; Introduction; Research Context; Livelihoods in the Calakmul Region

Perceptions and Views Regarding the Calakmul Biosphere ReservePerceptions and Views Regarding Participation in Conservation Activities Promoted by Local Organizations; Discussion; Conclusions; References; Chapter 7: Community Conservation in Punta Laguna: A Case of Adaptive Ecotourism Management; Introduction; Punta Laguna; Four Stages of Ecotourism Management in Punta Laguna; A Family Management Business (1980-2002); Cooperative Organization (2003-2005); Entrepreneurial Tourism Management by an Outside Agency (2005-2010); Cooperative Organization with Entrepreneurial Know-How (2010 to Date)

Conclusions
Added Author:
Ruiz-Mallén, Isabel.

Camacho-Benavides, Claudia.

McCandless, Susannah R.
Format:
Electronic Resources
Electronic Access:
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Publication Date:
2013
Publication Information:
Dordrecht : Springer, 2013.