4
views
0
recommends
+1 Recommend
1 collections
    0
    shares
      • Record: found
      • Abstract: found
      • Article: found
      Is Open Access

      Investigación ecológica participativa como apoyo de procesos de manejo y restauración forestal, agroforestal y silvopastoril en territorios campesinos. Experiencias recientes y retos en la sierra Madre de Chiapas, México Translated title: Participatory ecological research supporting forest, agroforest and silvopastoral restoration in peasant territories. Recent experiences and challenges in the Sierra Madre de Chiapas, Mexico

      research-article

      Read this article at

      Bookmark
          There is no author summary for this article yet. Authors can add summaries to their articles on ScienceOpen to make them more accessible to a non-specialist audience.

          Abstract

          Resumen: Quienes realizamos investigación ecológica forestal y agroforestal reconocemos crecientemente la indisoluble interacción entre los procesos ecológicos y sociales, y nos vamos sumando a los esfuerzos de investigación multi- y transdisciplinaria y de acción entre múltiples actores sociales. Esto ha modificado en diversos sentidos y grados nuestros objetivos, conceptos, escalas, métodos y prácticas. La investigación participativa ecológica forestal y agroforestal (IPEFA) se concibe y se practica de muy distintas maneras, definidas por voluntad de quienes investigan y/o por las circunstancias que enfrentan. Aquí presentamos y reflexionamos nuestra experiencia directa en 2 procesos de IPEFA que hemos coordinado en la última década en territorios campesinos pobres y medios de la Sierra Madre de Chiapas: la cuenca alta del río El Tablón en la Reserva de la Biosfera de La Sepultura (LGB) y las cuencas de los ríos Xelajú y Bacantón (alto Grijalva), en los municipios de Motozintla y Mazapa (MGE). Presentamos logros, pero sobre todo destacamos algunos de los mayores retos que enfrentamos y aquellos caminos que no siempre llegaron a buen puerto. Creemos que varios de estos retos académicos, sociales, e institucionales son compartidos por la comunidad mexicana e internacional que practica la IPEFA y que se esfuerza continuamente por superarlos.

          Translated abstract

          Abstract: Those of us who conduct forest and agroforest ecological research increasingly recognize the interaction between ecological and social processes and join multi and transdisciplinary research and action efforts involving multiple stakeholders. This has changed in various degrees our goals, concepts, scales, methods and practices. Ecological participatory forestry and agroforestry research (IPEFA) is conceived and practiced in many different ways, defined by the will of those who investigate and (or) the circumstances they face. Here we present and make a reflection of our direct experience in two IPEFA processes we have coordinated in the last decade in poor rural territories of the Sierra Madre de Chiapas: the upper basin of El Tablón River in the Biosphere Reserve La Sepultura (LGB), and the basins of the rivers Xelajú and Bacantón (High Grijalva), in the municipalities of Motozintla and Mazapa (MGE). We present achievements, but above all highlight some of the biggest challenges we have faced, and those roads that did not always lead to good results. We believe that several of these academic, social, and institutional challenges are shared by Mexican and international researchers that practices IPEFA and continually strive to overcome them.

          Related collections

          Most cited references34

          • Record: found
          • Abstract: found
          • Article: not found

          A general framework for analyzing sustainability of social-ecological systems.

          A major problem worldwide is the potential loss of fisheries, forests, and water resources. Understanding of the processes that lead to improvements in or deterioration of natural resources is limited, because scientific disciplines use different concepts and languages to describe and explain complex social-ecological systems (SESs). Without a common framework to organize findings, isolated knowledge does not cumulate. Until recently, accepted theory has assumed that resource users will never self-organize to maintain their resources and that governments must impose solutions. Research in multiple disciplines, however, has found that some government policies accelerate resource destruction, whereas some resource users have invested their time and energy to achieve sustainability. A general framework is used to identify 10 subsystem variables that affect the likelihood of self-organization in efforts to achieve a sustainable SES.
            Bookmark
            • Record: found
            • Abstract: found
            • Article: not found

            Ten principles for a landscape approach to reconciling agriculture, conservation, and other competing land uses.

            "Landscape approaches" seek to provide tools and concepts for allocating and managing land to achieve social, economic, and environmental objectives in areas where agriculture, mining, and other productive land uses compete with environmental and biodiversity goals. Here we synthesize the current consensus on landscape approaches. This is based on published literature and a consensus-building process to define good practice and is validated by a survey of practitioners. We find the landscape approach has been refined in response to increasing societal concerns about environment and development tradeoffs. Notably, there has been a shift from conservation-orientated perspectives toward increasing integration of poverty alleviation goals. We provide 10 summary principles to support implementation of a landscape approach as it is currently interpreted. These principles emphasize adaptive management, stakeholder involvement, and multiple objectives. Various constraints are recognized, with institutional and governance concerns identified as the most severe obstacles to implementation. We discuss how these principles differ from more traditional sectoral and project-based approaches. Although no panacea, we see few alternatives that are likely to address landscape challenges more effectively than an approach circumscribed by the principles outlined here.
              Bookmark
              • Record: found
              • Abstract: not found
              • Article: not found

              The poverty of forestry policy: double standards on an uneven playing field

                Bookmark

                Author and article information

                Contributors
                Role: ND
                Role: ND
                Journal
                rmbiodiv
                Revista mexicana de biodiversidad
                Rev. Mex. Biodiv.
                Instituto de Biología (México, DF, Mexico )
                1870-3453
                2007-8706
                2017
                : 88
                : suppl dic
                : 129-140
                Affiliations
                [2] San Cristóbal de Las Casas Chiapas orgnameEl Colegio de la Frontera Sur orgdiv1Departamento de Conservación de la Biodiversidad Mexico
                [1] San Cristóbal de Las Casas Chiapas orgnameEl Colegio de la Frontera Sur orgdiv1Departamento de Agricultura, Sociedad y Ambiente Mexico
                Article
                S1870-34532017000500129
                10.1016/j.rmb.2016.10.022
                ab908cb1-ecee-4ee2-ad1d-6c6dd1818fa4

                This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

                History
                : 02 March 2016
                : 04 October 2016
                Page count
                Figures: 0, Tables: 0, Equations: 0, References: 87, Pages: 12
                Product

                SciELO Mexico

                Categories
                Suplemento: La Ecología en México: retos y perspectivas

                Ecology in Mexico,Ecología en México,Sierra Madre de Chiapas,Agroforestería,Restauración forestal,Investigación participativa,Agroforestry,Forest restoration,Participatory research

                Comments

                Comment on this article