Agroforestry Systems and Local Institutional Development for Preventing Deforestation in Chiapas, Mexico

Pinto, Lorena Soto; Castillo-Santiago, Miguel Ángel; Jiménez‐Ferrer, Guillermo

doi:10.5772/35172

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“…In the 1970’s, the study area held large tracts of rainforest but as of today less than half of the original cover remains today. Over this period, these municipalities have had one of the highest deforestation rates in the country [ 6 ]. Most forest loss in the past was driven by government settlement policies, which brought large numbers of landless farmers from around the country to Chiapas between 1970 and the early 1990s [ 37 ].…”

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“…Most forest loss in the past was driven by government settlement policies, which brought large numbers of landless farmers from around the country to Chiapas between 1970 and the early 1990s [ 37 ]. Present threats to forests are linked to agricultural and pasture expansion [ 6 ], which are activities that are encouraged by government programs, in addition to a flat topography [ 37 ]. Livestock raising has been the main livelihood activity until this last decade, when new productive activities promoted by private actors, such as African oil palm cultivation-now grown in 26 of the 37 ejidos -, have gained prominence [ 6 , 37 ].…”

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“…This article provides insight on the effectiveness of Mexico’s national program of payments for biodiversity conservation, focusing on avoided forest loss as a proxy outcome. The analysis focuses on two municipalities in the state of Chiapas which were selected due to their high deforestation rates [ 6 ] and the increasing support received from government and NGOs to conserve their tropical forests ( Fig. 1 ).…”

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“…Mexico has lost about half of its forests over the last 50 years, but remains one of the most forested countries in the world [ 18 ]. The state of Chiapas alone contributed to 12% of national forest loss between 1993 and 2007 despite representing only 3.7% of the country’s territory [ 6 ]. Mexico's government-funded Pago por Servicios Ambientales Hidrológicos (PSAH) scheme is managed by the National Forestry Commission (CONAFOR) and has been operational since 2003 [ 2 ].…”

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How Effective Are Biodiversity Conservation Payments in Mexico?

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We assess the additional forest cover protected by 13 rural communities located in the southern state of Chiapas, Mexico, as a result of the economic incentives received through the country's national program of payments for biodiversity conservation. We use spatially explicit data at the intra-community level to define a credible counterfactual of conservation outcomes. We use covariate-matching specifications associated with spatially explicit variables and difference-in-difference estimators to determine the treatment effect. We estimate that the additional conservation represents between 12 and 14.7 percent of forest area enrolled in the program in comparison to control areas. Despite this high degree of additionality, we also observe lack of compliance in some plots participating in the PES program. This lack of compliance casts doubt on the ability of payments alone to guarantee long-term additionality in context of high deforestation rates, even with an augmented program budget or extension of participation to communities not yet enrolled.

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“…Scenario of future research for the conservation of shrews of Chiapas. All species of shrews of Chiapas are currently facing a serious conservation threat derived from the loss of habitat (cloud forests, pine-oak forests and tropical forests) by deforestation, which shows annual rates above 3 % in the state (Soto-Pinto et al 2012) and from the anthropogenic climate change. Changes in the distribution and abundance of some species of shrews may be affected by changes of land use from forests to crops and pastures intended for agricultural and livestock activities (Naranjo et al 2016).…”

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In search of shrews of Chiapas: analysis of their distribution and conservation

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The state of Chiapas is home to multiple species of shrews (11 species), endemisms (three species from Mexico) and micro-endemisms (5 species from Chiapas). These species inhabit diverse physiographic regions and different types of habitats across the state. However, several are known by only very few specimens, mostly collected several years ago, making the knowledge about their natural history extremely scarce. This paper describes the efforts made by the authors along 16 years in search of shrews of Chiapas. Records were obtained from fieldwork, as well as by historical records from scientific collections and public databases. We estimated the relative abundances per species, identifying in each case the area of distribution and association with different types of vegetation and land use, current threats, and future research scenario for conservation purposes. The total trapping effort was 12,340 trap-nights across 13 sampling sites, with a total capture success of 0.18 %. In nine sampling sites, we succeeded in capturing 22 specimens of six species of shrews: Cryptotis griseoventris, C. lacandonensis, C. merriami, C. mexicanus, C. pueblensis, and Sorex cristobalensis. C. griseoventris had the highest relative abundance (31.81 %) and capture success (0.056), while C. lacandonensis showed the lowest relative abundance (4.54 %) and capture success (0.008). We present noteworthy records of shrews: 1) for being barely represented in scientific collections, as in C. griseoventris, and 2) for expanding the previously documented distribution area, as in C. lacandonensis and C. merriami. All of the species currently face serious conservation issues resulting from the loss of habitat. In particular, microendemic species such as S. sclateri and S. stizodon are seriously threatened. The specimens and records reported herein should foster further detailed research on the taxonomy, ecology, and biogeography to advance the knowledge of shrews inhabiting the southern border of Mexico.El estado de Chiapas es rico en número de especies de musarañas (11 especies), endemismos (tres especies de México) y micro-endemismos (5 especies de Chiapas). Las especies habitan diversas regiones fisiográficas del estado y diferentes tipos de hábitat. Sin embargo, varias son conocidas por muy pocos ejemplares, la mayoría colectados desde hace varios años, por lo que el conocimiento sobre su historia natural es extremadamente escaso. Se dan a conocer los esfuerzos realizados por los autores a lo largo de 16 años en la búsqueda de las especies de musarañas de Chiapas. Se obtuvieron registros de muestreos de campo, así como registros históricos obtenidos de colecciones científicas y bases de datos públicas. Se estimaron las abundancias relativas por especie, identificaron su área de distribución y asociación a diferentes tipos de vegetación y uso de suelo, las amenazas que enfrentan y el panorama de investigaciones futuras para su conservación. El esfuerzo total de captura fue de 12,340 trampas/noche repartidos en 13 sitios de colecta, con un éx...

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