Promoting community ecotourism enterprises in common property regimes : a stakeholder analysis and geographic information systems application in Ejido X-Maben in central Quintana Roo, Mexico

The institutional drivers of sustainable landscapes: a case study of the ‘Mayan Zone’ in Quintana Roo, Mexico

“…A sustainable landscape is also a working landscape, one from which human beings continue to wrest their livelihood, and one in which some tendencies towards loss of natural capital are counteracted by others that tend to increase it (Haines-Young, 2000). For example, in the Mayan Zone, the tendency for declines in mahogany volume in some subregions may be counteracted by an increase in mahogany in small plantations and with ecotourism land uses and new ecosystem products such as captive parrot breeding (Cornejo, 2003;Racelis, 2003). However, the mini-plantations of mahogany may be creating new agricultural pressures on the PFAs and can be subject to devastating attacks of the shoot borer moth Hypsipyla grandella, although there are techniques for controlling the latter (Racelis, 2003).…”

The use of Mayan rainforests for ecotourism development: an empowerment approach for local communities

“…While Mexico hosts some of the most diverse ecosystems in the world, ecotourism is just beginning to emerge as an alternative to the dominant traditional tourism sector based on beach resorts. A study done by the Mexican Ministry of Tourism (SECTUR) reported that foreign tourists spent US$ 51.2 million dollars on ecotourism activities during 2000, which included adventure tourism and nature tourism as well (Cornejo, 2004).…”

Cognisance, participation and protected areas in the Yucatan Peninsula

“…The increasing number of tourists visiting PAs in the Yucatan Peninsula has resulted in the Mexican authorities providing subsidies or credit to local communities to develop conservation initiatives based on community ventures (Bonilla-Moheno & García-Frapolli 2012). Naturebased tourism (Cornejo 2004;Buitrago Tello et al 2012) and charismatic fauna sightseeing (Galicia & Baldassarre 1997;García-Frapolli et al 2012;Ziegler et al 2012) have emerged. These initiatives are confined to zones to facilitate management, which devote some areas entirely to conservation, scientific research and ecotourism, and others for extraction, sustainable exploitation of resources and adventure tourism (see Elizondo & López-Merlín 2009).…”

“…The increasing number of tourists visiting PAs in the Yucatan Peninsula has resulted in the Mexican authorities providing subsidies or credit to local communities to develop conservation initiatives based on community ventures (Bonilla-Moheno & García-Frapolli 2012). Nature-based tourism (Cornejo 2004; Buitrago Tello et al . 2012) and charismatic fauna sightseeing (Galicia & Baldassarre 1997; García-Frapolli et al .…”