Beyond Nature Appropriation: Towards Post-development Conservation in the Maya Forest

Martínez-Reyes, José E.

doi:10.4103/0972-4923.138417

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“…Martinez-Reyes [64] conducted an ethnographic study of two alternative livelihood projects implemented in the Tres Reyes village of Mexico's Sian Ka'an Biosphere Reserve. The first project issued quotas to allow local communities to capture and sell parrots for the pet trade as an alternative to illegal use of forest resources (including hunting) and to supplement subsistence agriculture-based livelihoods.…”

Section: Negative Outcomesmentioning

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Are alternative livelihood projects effective at reducing local threats to specified elements of biodiversity and/or improving or maintaining the conservation status of those elements?

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Background: Alternative livelihood projects are used by a variety of organisations as a tool for achieving biodiversity conservation. However, despite characterising many conservation approaches, very little is known about what impacts (if any) alternative livelihood projects have had on biodiversity conservation, as well as what determines the relative success or failure of these interventions. Reflecting this concern, Motion 145 was passed at the Vth IUCN World Conservation Congress in 2012 calling for a critical review of alternative livelihood projects and their contribution to biodiversity conservation. This systematic map and review intends to contribute to this critical review and provide an overview for researchers, policy makers and practitioners of the current state of the evidence base. Methods:Following an a priori protocol, systematic searches for relevant studies were conducted using the bibliographic databases AGRICOLA, AGRIS, CAB Abstracts, Scopus, and Web of Knowledge, as well as internet searches of Google, Google Scholar, and subject specific and institutional websites. In addition, a call for literature was issued among relevant research networks. The titles, abstracts and full texts of the captured studies were assessed using inclusion criteria for the systematic map and the systematic review, respectively. An Excel spreadsheet was used to record data from each study and to provide a systematic map of the evidence for the effectiveness of alternative livelihood studies. The studies that met additional criteria to be included in the systematic review were described in more detail through a narrative synthesis. Results: Following full text screening, 97 studies were included in the systematic map covering 106 projects using alternative livelihood interventions. Just 22 of these projects met our additional criteria for inclusion in the systematic review, but one project was removed from the detailed narrative synthesis following critical appraisal. The 21 included projects included reports of positive, neutral and negative conservation outcomes. Conclusions:Our results show that there has been an extensive investment in alternative livelihood projects, yet the structure and results of most of these projects have not been documented in a way that they can be captured using standardised search processes. Either this is because there has been little reporting on the outcomes of these projects,

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Section: Negative Outcomesmentioning

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Are alternative livelihood projects effective at reducing local threats to specified elements of biodiversity and/or improving or maintaining the conservation status of those elements?

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“…While broader goals take time, and participatory methods still need to consider the social dynamics within target groups, participatory interventions can bring about new types of conservation awareness (Khadka and Nepal, 2010). In one case in Mexico, participation was best achieved when NGOs were removed, allowing space for other types of groups to care for natural resources outside of the existing development paradigm (Martinez-Reyes, 2014). Scholars focusing on participation note that community based models do not directly influence the degree of participation, and emphasize that an awareness of the local context is a far more important variable for future interventions to consider (Méndez-López et al, 2014).…”

Section: Alternative Visions Of Conservationmentioning

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Environmental Conservation and Development: Critical Perspectives

Freeman

2015

International Encyclopedia of the Social &Amp; Behavioral Sciences

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“…Too often, the role of international environmental NGOs in such contexts takes a neocolonial form (Agrawal ; West ). Working in the small Maya community of Tres Reyes abutting the biosphere reserve, Martínez‐Reyes (; also Macip ) describes the failure of a state‐sponsored wildlife management program due to a lack of coherence between the objectives of the state, NGOs, and the community, but, most significantly, problems arose from ethnic relations that reproduced conditions of inequality. Martínez‐Reyes, however, does not foreclose community‐based environmental projects.…”

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“…Similar methodology is offered by Unni Wikan who emphasizes the “increasing awareness of the importance of political economy” (Wikan :25). We share this sense and our approach to environmental issues is guided by political ecology: a concern regarding inequalities in access to, and management of, environmental resources, and support of indigenous ecological practices (Anderson ; Martinez‐Reyes , ; Moore ). Obviously, we could not see into the future, but as Stanley Barrett expressed it “Human society is in the process of being transformed to a degree possibly not seen since the Industrial Revolution.…”

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Tourism and the Transformation of Daily Life Along the Riviera Maya of Quintana Roo, Mexico

Pi‐Sunyer

Rosemann

2015

J Latin Amer Carib Anth

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R e s u m e n En el espacio de menos de dos décadas, los habitantes de Quintana Roo han tenido que enfrentar cambios radicales ocasionados por el turismo de masas. El turismo se ha convertido en la industria dominante y esto ha puesto en marcha un ciclo de desarrollo turístico y de migración masiva de otras partes de México y del exterior. Una región que no hace mucho tiempo se consideraba el territorio más marginal de la nación, hoy atrae millones de turistas de todo el mundo, la mayoría de los Estados Unidos y Europa. En un contexto de cambio acelerado y control empresarial, la vida de muchas personas, incluso la población maya, es altamente imprevisible y estresante. La expansión del turismo se ha desplazado recientemente a Tulum, una ciudad que está emergiendo como una localidad de pequeños, pero bien cómodos, hoteles. [México, Quintana Roo, turismo, globalización, maya, migración, impacto ecológico] A b s t r a c tIn the space of less than four decades, the inhabitants of Quintana Roo have had to manage radical changes brought about by mass tourism. Tourism has become the dominant industry and this has set in motion a cycle of resort development and massive migration from other parts of Mexico and beyond. In the context of accelerated change and corporate control, life for many people, including long-established Maya, is often unpredictable and stressful. Tourism expansion has recently shifted to Tulum, a town currently emerging as an upscale tourist location.

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Beyond Nature Appropriation: Towards Post-development Conservation in the Maya Forest

Cited by 15 publications

References 18 publications

Are alternative livelihood projects effective at reducing local threats to specified elements of biodiversity and/or improving or maintaining the conservation status of those elements?

Are alternative livelihood projects effective at reducing local threats to specified elements of biodiversity and/or improving or maintaining the conservation status of those elements?

Environmental Conservation and Development: Critical Perspectives

Tourism and the Transformation of Daily Life Along the Riviera Maya of Quintana Roo, Mexico

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