Participación y acción comunitaria en el manejo de recursos naturales de uso común en la mixteca oaxaqueña.

Bautista-Sánchez, Gilberto; Pedro-Santo, César Eusébio; Álvarez-Olguín, Gabriela

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“…In the TK of SPT, there is a strong association between mushrooms presence and rain: “more rain, more mushrooms,” as has been previously described (Burrola-Aguilar et al 2012). Also, and as shown by other studies (Bautista-Sánchez, Pedro-Santo and Álvarez-Olguín 2013), soil characteristics are important. Traits such as the amount of leaf litter, certain color, texture, and porosity favors mushrooms growth.…”

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Indigenous Traditional Knowledge on Wild Edible Mushrooms: Cultural Significance, Extraction Practices, and Factors Leading to Changes in Their Abundance in Central Mexico

Eribel,

Irma,

Fernanda

et al. 2023

Journal of Ethnobiology

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Wild edible mushrooms (WEM) constitute a relevant component of indigenous cultures worldwide; their use is part of forest management practices that promote conservation by local communities. However, global biocultural diversity is threatened by socioeconomic, political, and cultural changes. Through participatory research, this study analyzes the cultural significance of selected mushroom species, local traditional knowledge about conditions and processes affecting WEM communities, and traditional practices employed in their extraction in an indigenous community in Central Mexico. We carried out ethnomycological hikes and participatory mapping to characterize collection sites and conducted semi-structured interviews with people from diverse socioeconomic backgrounds about the importance of WEM, extraction and conservation sustainable practices, and anthropogenic and environmental factors affecting them. Fifty species of WEM were registered. We developed an index of the cultural importance of WEM that led us to establish the species of the highest cultural relevance. Vegetation type, rainfall, soil composition, selected logging by outsiders, fires, and the use of traditional harvesting techniques were recognized as factors affecting mushroom production. Traditional harvesting techniques locally perceived as adequate include leaving part of the stipe in place, collecting only mushrooms of large size while leaving those of smaller size, and cleaning and shaking them at the place of collection. Results suggest that the prevalence of biocultural knowledge about WEM is influenced by age, main economic activity, and household's distance to the forest. Integrating traditional knowledge and the community context by combining ethnographic and quantitative methods, resulted in a complementary approach to spatial, temporal, and environmental characterization of mushroom collection sites; it also allowed understanding factors influencing WEM cultural significance, and traditional local knowledge of WEM communities and their management.

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Indigenous Traditional Knowledge on Wild Edible Mushrooms: Cultural Significance, Extraction Practices, and Factors Leading to Changes in Their Abundance in Central Mexico

Eribel,

Irma,

Fernanda

et al. 2023

Journal of Ethnobiology

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“…In the Mixteca region, the intensification of deforestation, overgrazing, and cropping activities during the Spanish colonization contributed to locally severe soil erosion. Soil losses negatively affect other ESs such as food production (Contreras-Hinojosa et al, 2003 and water quality and availability due to sediment deposition (Bautista-Sánchez et al, 2013). Intensive deforestation increased biodiversity loss of fauna and flora, which, consequently, impacted the region's tourism industry (Guerrero-Arenas et al, 2010).…”

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Assessing household and landscape trajectories for improving ecosystem services and nutritional self-sufficiency in south Mexico

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In agricultural landscapes, humans impact the environment through land use change, causing natural resource depletion and potentially reducing crop and animal production. These changes, in turn, can impact the livelihood and food security of the rural population, and lead to socio-economic changes such as induced marginalization and land abandonment. In Mesoamerica, rural development policies aimed at intensifying agriculture in detriment of traditional indigenous systems. These policies are expected to have an impact on rural landscapes and its people, and understanding this intricate interaction is key for assessing household, community, and landscape trajectories. Therefore, this thesis aimed to assess these trajectories as affected by several drivers of change and to evaluate current landscape performances in terms of ecosystem services and food provision to propose landscape alternatives for improving food self-sufficiency without sacrificing other ecosystem services. This study was performed in the geo-cultural Mixtec region in south Mexico, and two municipalities were selected for in-depth analysis. The thesis is divided into four main chapters. First, I assess livelihood strategies and household typologies as affected by migration, government support, and changes in land tenancy policies. Second, I evaluate landscape change at the watershed and municipal level and link these changes to socio-economic and environmental drivers. I then highlight how communities manage their landscape according to their context-specific conditions, demonstrating that regional drivers of change might not be enough for describing land use change. Third, I evaluate changes in food self-sufficiency over time and show the nutritional advantages of milpa, an indigenous polycropping system, over the predominant monocrops of maize and bean. In the last main chapter, I assess the current landscape performance in terms of several nutritional, environmental, and socio-economic indicators to propose landscape configurations that asses multiple stakeholder objectives in conjunction.

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Ordenamiento ecológico territorial de Guadalupe Cuautepec, San Juan Bautista Suchitepec, Oaxaca, desde una perspectiva técnica y comunitaria

Álvarez-Olguín

Sustaita-Rivera

Bautista-Sánchez

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En la comunidad de Guadalupe Cuautepec, la deforestación, el sobrepastoreo y las prácticas agrícolas insostenibles, han provocado la erosión del suelo y en consecuencia el azolvamiento de la laguna ubicada en la localidad. Con el fin generar información básica para la creación de estrategias de protección de este cuerpo de agua, se elaboró un ordenamiento ecológico territorial a partir del diagnóstico de los recursos agua, suelo y vegetación, de la comunidad. Desde el punto de vista técnico se realizó una caracterización socioeconómica y biofísica; esta última incluyó aspectos sobre: geomorfología, hidrología, geología, edafología, vegetación, erosión, uso potencial del suelo, conflictos de uso e inestabilidad de suelos. Por otro lado, se llevó a cabo un diagnóstico rural participativo, en el que se identificaron los problemas más relevantes relacionados con los recursos naturales y las acciones que la comunidad realizará para el manejo sustentable de los mismos. Se establecieron objetivos de alta prioridad para lograr el manejo sustentable de los recursos naturales, entre los que están: realizar obras para la conservación de suelos, controlar el aprovechamiento forestal y reforestar zonas sin vegetación. Se estimó que 77.8% del territorio de Cuautepec, presenta alto y muy alto riesgo de erosión, con índices superiores a 50 t/ha/año. Se determinó que los terrenos más erosionados con necesidades de restauración abarcan 609.34 ha y que la superficie prioritaria a reforestar es de 439.52 ha.

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Participación y acción comunitaria en el manejo de recursos naturales de uso común en la mixteca oaxaqueña.

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Indigenous Traditional Knowledge on Wild Edible Mushrooms: Cultural Significance, Extraction Practices, and Factors Leading to Changes in Their Abundance in Central Mexico

Indigenous Traditional Knowledge on Wild Edible Mushrooms: Cultural Significance, Extraction Practices, and Factors Leading to Changes in Their Abundance in Central Mexico

Assessing household and landscape trajectories for improving ecosystem services and nutritional self-sufficiency in south Mexico

Ordenamiento ecológico territorial de Guadalupe Cuautepec, San Juan Bautista Suchitepec, Oaxaca, desde una perspectiva técnica y comunitaria

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