Community Action for Conservation: Mexican Experiences

By Luciana Porter-Bolland

Book Overview

Chapter 1
Introduction: Biocultural diversity and the participation of local communities in national and global conservation
Claudia Camacho-Benavides, Luciana Porter-Bolland, Isabel Ruiz-Mall?n, Susannah McCandless

Section 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.
Victor Manuel Toledo Manzur

Chapter 3
Conservation and forest communities in Mexico: Experiences, visions and rights.
Leticia Merino-Perez

Section II. Case studies of community conservation

Chapter 4
Community Conservation Experiences in Three Ejidos of the Lower Balsas River Basin, Michoacan
Andr?s Camou-Guerrero, Tamara Ortiz-Avila, Daniel Ortiz-Avila, Jorge Odenthal

Chapter 5
Challenges in ICCA governance: the case of El Cordon del Reten in San Miguel Chimalapa, Oaxaca
Constanza Monterrubio Sol?s, Helen S. Newing

Chapter 6
Local perceptions of conservation initiatives in the Calakmul region.
Luciana Porter-Bolland, Eduardo Garc?a-Frapolli, and Mar?a Consuelo S?nchez-Gonz?lez

Chapter 7
Community conservation in Punta Laguna: a case of adaptive ecotourism management.
Eduardo Garc?a-Frapolli, Martha Bonilla-Moheno, Gabriel Ramos-Fern?ndez

Section III. Methodological aspects for understanding and strengthening community conservation

Chapter 8
Local participation in community conservation: Methodological contributions.
Isabel Ruiz-Mall?n, Antonio de la Pe?a, Mar?a Elena M?ndez-Lopez, Luciana Porter-Bolland.

Chapter 9
Community-based biodiversity monitoring in Mexico: Current status, challenges and future strategies for collaboration with scientists.
Diana J. Pritchard

Chapter 10
Drawing analysis: tools for understanding children's perceptions of community conservation. Roser Maneja Zaragoza, Diego Varga Linde, Marti Boada Junca,

Chapter 11
Conclusions
Isabel Ruiz-Mall?n, Susannah McCandless, Luciana Porter-Bolland, Claudia Camacho-Benavides

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1489989315
• ISBN13: 9781489989314
• Release Date: August 2015
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 179 Pages
• Weight: 0.61 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.1" x 9.2"