Farmer and Conventional Perspectives on Conservation in Western Mexico

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Beyond participation: How to achieve the recognition of local communities’ value‐systems in conservation? Some insights from Mexico

“…Both the worldviews held by farmers and professional managers of the reserve shape the management of the SMBR (Gerritsen, 2002; Gerritsen et al., 2017). Both groups also appreciate the value of biodiversity and the need to combine biodiversity conservation actions with livelihood improvements (Gerritsen & Wiersum, 2005); however, the means to reach these goals are shaped by distinct value‐systems and consequent natural resource management practices. Farmers value nature insofar as it addresses their needs and aspirations, that is, the reproduction of their livelihoods as embedded in their biocultural memory.…”

Territorio y cafetales en una comunidad mixe en Oaxaca, análisis sobre los cambios en la cobertura forestal

“…The history of coffee production in San José El Paraíso has experienced diverse economic, commercial and organizational changes. As Gerritsen and Wiersum (2005) argue, using the case of the Sierra de Manantlán Biosphere Reserve in Cuzalapa, Jalisco, not all socio-economic changes are negative, and instead some have triggered differentiated management of landscapes with different biodiversity.…”