Socio-Environmental Regimes in Natural Protected Areas: A Case Study in La Sepultura Biosphere Reserve

Jiménez, Amayrani Meza; Vázquez, Manuel Roberto Parra; Barrios, Luis García; Verschoor, Gerard; Lugo, Erin I. J. Estrada

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“…They also depend on government transfers, remittances and non-agricultural activities for their income. Staple crops, notably maize and beans, are grown for self-consumption, and excess production is commercialised alongside livestock (mostly calves), resin and coffee, products with a higher exchange value (Meza Jiménez et al 2020). Various traders frequently visit the community.…”

Section: The Study Site and The Resin Projectmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…These semi-coherent set of rules, so-called socio-technical regimes, orientate and coordinate the activities of different social groups and perpetuate the existing system (Geels 2002(Geels , 2011. Moreover, farmers and their families in the Biosphere Reserve have had to reconstruct their social relations many times and in response to the varied interactions with external actors and institutions, which dispute local territories and the benefits that communities can derive from the landscape (García- Barrios et al 2020). The Resin Project was considered a socio-environmental innovation success that used endogenous bioresources to support local livelihoods (see e.g.…”

Section: How Social Interactions and Institutions Influence Resin Supmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Though this can be considered a minor economic contribution to households, it was evident that resin's diverse benefits were highly appreciated by local people. In fact, even with a diversified strategy of productive activities, households in California fail to achieve their basic economic objectives (Meza Jiménez et al 2020). In Latin America, NTFP do not usually make people rich, but the income is commonly used to build household assets and pay children's school fees, supporting quality of life and better opportunities for future generations (Shackleton et al 2011b).…”

Section: How Pine Resin Connects People To Their Landscapementioning

confidence: 99%

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Tapping into nature’s benefits: values, effort and the struggle to co-produce pine resin

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Ecosystems and People

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The concept of ecosystem services (ES) and related conceptual frameworks like the cascade model, can be relevant to explore the ways through which people and nature are connected and how the benefits of nature, upon which people depend, are realised. An integrated cascade framework was used to study the ES pathway of pine resin, a traded forest product, in a rural mountain community in Mexico. We conducted mixed-methods research, combining participatory tools with measures of service capacity, resin yield, and key farmer endowments. Resin was co-produced by an intricate interaction between the human and natural components of the social-ecological system. Substantial human inputs and coordinated efforts were required to realise resin benefits, and people's appreciation and plural values emerged along the whole service pathway. Though there were stark differences in natural resource endowments, working farmers gained a high share of resin's income through labour, labour relations and social networks. But most social conflicts and struggles also occurred over labour relations and organisation, revealing power dynamics. Furthermore, external actors controlled different mechanisms of access, and exerted power over the community's ability to derive benefits from resin. In resin co-production, values connect people to the landscape, while labour and power mediate the access to nature's benefits.

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Section: The Study Site and The Resin Projectmentioning

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Section: How Social Interactions and Institutions Influence Resin Supmentioning

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Section: How Pine Resin Connects People To Their Landscapementioning

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“…El esquema conceptual sugiere que todos los actores están presentes en un territorio, aunque varios de ellos representan a actores nacionales o internacionales. Para los fines de esta investigación y del estudio que le antecede (Meza Jiménez et al, 2020), proponemos ubicar al centro del esquema a los GDR. Este diseño busca resaltar que el elemento más importante para la gobernanza ambiental es lograr que los grupos domésticos recuperen su agencia y que la presencia de todos los actores abre la posibilidad de construir una gobernanza territorial.…”

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Hacia una gobernanza adaptativa centrada en los grupos domésticos rurales que habitan las Áreas Naturales Protegidas. El caso de La Sepultura, Chiapas, México

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Analizamos el efecto que el régimen socioambiental predominante en un Área Natural Protegida tiene sobre la gobernanza y sobre la reproducción económica de los grupos domésticos rurales de dos ejidos en la Reserva de la Biósfera La Sepultura (REBISE), Chiapas. Desarrollamos una investigación transdisciplinaria mediante el esquema conceptual de los Sistemas Territoriales Campesinos (SITCA). Esta incluyó talleres familiares sobre modos de vida, juegos de roles y entrevistas participativas con actores clave. Los resultados indican que la gobernanza ambiental de la REBISE ha tenido tres momentos de transición, y que el régimen socioambiental no ha propiciado el desarrollo territorial, ni la articulación de los actores locales para alcanzar el desarrollo sustentable. La participación de los grupos domésticos rurales podría desempeñar un papel fundamental en el diseño de procesos de gobernanza ambiental más eficientes, ya que éstos desarrollan una estrategia de vida multiactiva, aprovechan nichos ecológicos para producir bienes tradicionales, incorporan innovaciones socioambientales orientadas al mercado y transferencias gubernamentales, y despliegan su fuerza de trabajo. Pero integrando todos sus ingresos no alcanzan a reproducirse económicamente, carecen de capitales necesarios, y han perdido capacidad de acción, individual y colectiva. Para transformar esta situación, proponemos articular el SITCA mediante un modelo de gobernanza policéntrica y adaptativa focalizada en los grupos domésticos rurales.

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“…Livestock, mostly male calves less than a year old, and raw pine resin are also commercialised. In addition, people rely on government transfers, remittances and nonagricultural activities for their income (Meza Jiménez et al, 2020). California is only 65 km away (about 1.5 h) from the city of Villaflores and located on the outskirts of La Frailesca.…”

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Realising the benefits of natures

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Ecosystem service (ES) assessments, which make an explicit link between nature and people's well-being, can support the management of natural protected areas that face complex and persistent sustainability challenges. We present a case study of ES supply in a biosphere reserve community in southern Mexico. We aimed to identify stakeholder-relevant ES and to analyse trade-offs between them. After engaging local stakeholders, we conducted a biophysical assessment of ES supply and associations across four different land uses. Closed forests and riparian areas, which occurred in different parts of the landscape, supplied high levels of multiple ES. Furthermore, co-produced farming goods and services that supported local livelihoods and conservation-oriented ecosystem services coincided in these four habitats. Together, these habitats provided a diverse array of ES across the landscape, indicating that stakeholders benefited from a multifunctional landscape. At the same time significant trade-offs were found in the supply of forage cover against most other ES, especially tree-based goods and services. These trade-offs revealed conflicts between agricultural land and neighbouring open forests and riparian areas, as well as opposed service demands among beneficiary groups. To address these trade-offs, stakeholders agreed on enhancing forest benefits in order to support both local livelihoods and conservation goals.

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Socio-Environmental Regimes in Natural Protected Areas: A Case Study in La Sepultura Biosphere Reserve

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References 15 publications

Tapping into nature’s benefits: values, effort and the struggle to co-produce pine resin

Tapping into nature’s benefits: values, effort and the struggle to co-produce pine resin

Hacia una gobernanza adaptativa centrada en los grupos domésticos rurales que habitan las Áreas Naturales Protegidas. El caso de La Sepultura, Chiapas, México

Realising the benefits of natures

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