Community forest management (CFM) is often a field of encounter between knowledge systems, where a conventional forestry blueprint is frequently applied in contexts rich in traditional ecological knowledge (TEK). This is the case in Mexico, a bioculturally diverse country and a reference of community forestry. Based on a review of laws, policies, literature, and empirical examples, we explore technical, epistemological, political, and contextual dimensions associated with the inclusion and exclusion of TEK in CFM in Mexico. Our analysis is composed of three steps: (1) A diachronic analysis of how TEK and associated practices have been considered by federal forest laws and codes (1960–2018), (2) a diachronic analysis of the scope of conventional forestry and its evolution in time and space, and (3) situated examples illustrating the inclusion and exclusion of TEK in CFM. We argue that: (1) Legal recognition of TEK as a concept does not necessarily entail the legal recognition of all traditional management practices; (2) the inclusion of TEK in CFM is heterogeneous across communities, ecosystems, regions, products and historical trajectories; and (3) different traditional practices are not equally integrated in CFM: traditional practices that contradict the spatial segregation of activities (i.e., land sparing) favored by conventional forestry tend to be less easily accepted or ignored by government institutions.

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Reseña de libro: Checa-Artasu, Martín M. y Sunyer Martín, Pere (coords.). (2017) El paisaje: reflexiones y métodos de análisis. México: Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana-Iztapalapa y Ediciones del Lirio, 317 pp. ISBN 9786072811690.

Como bien señala Pere Sunyer en la introducción, el paisaje no es un tema exclusivo de los geógrafos, si bien, la Geografía ha desarrollado métodos para abordarlo como objeto de estudio. En el paisaje, a través de su estudio, se encuentran y enriquecen diversas disciplinas de las ciencias físicas, biológicas y sociales, en incluso artísticas, lo que se expresa con claridad en el contenido de este libro.