Socio-economic vulnerability to climate change in the central mountainous region of eastern Mexico

Esperón-Rodríguez, Manuel; Bonifacio-Bautista, Martín; Barradas, Vı́ctor L.

doi:10.1007/s13280-015-0690-4

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“…Also, the high proportion of species registered in CAE can support evidence of the services that can provide this system, although we did not evaluate environmental services. Preservation of this agro-ecosystem might represent a possible solution to minimize local biodiversity loss and improve conservation in the central region of Veracruz, especially because the coffee cultivation is more beneficial to the environment than pasture and monocrops such as sugarcane (Esperón-Rodríguez et al, 2016), because coffee conserves tree cover and allows connectivity between open landscapes and forest fragments.…”

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Mountain cloud forest and grown-shade coffee plantations: A comparison of tree biodiversity in central Veracruz, Mexico

2016

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Aim of study: The objective of this work is to compare tree diversity and richness among one grown-shade coffee plantation (CAE) and two sites of montane cloud forests, one preserved (MCF1) and other perturbed (MCF2). We also develop an analysis of the importance of coffee plantations as a refuge of tree species, holding a potential role for conservation.Area of study: Our study area is the coffee region of Coatepec-Xico, in the state of Veracruz, Mexico. Material and Methods:We compiled a list of all tree species in each site to determine tree diversity and floristic similarity (dissimilarity). We used different similarity indices and a cluster analysis to show relations among sites.Main results: 2721 individuals from 154 species were registered in the montane cloud forests as a whole. In the grown-shade coffee plantation we registered 2947 individuals from 64 species. The most similar sites were the perturbed montane cloud forest and the grown-shade coffee plantation and the least similar were the preserved montane cloud forest and the grown-shade coffee plantation. The high biodiversity found in all sites and the differences in tree composition between the two montane cloud forests supports evidence of the ecosystems richness in the region.Research highlights: Diversity differences among sites determine that the grown-shade coffee plantation is not substitute for montane cloud forest. CAE's are developed under similar environmental conditions than the MCF; therefore, coexistence and recombination (replacement) of species make them particularly complementary. CAE's in Veracruz have a potential role as refuge for biodiversity.Keywords: Agroforestry systems; floristic similarity; diversity; richness; biodiversity refuge.

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Mountain cloud forest and grown-shade coffee plantations: A comparison of tree biodiversity in central Veracruz, Mexico

2016

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“…; 2) economic vulnerability related to the resources and/or capacity of building sturdy infrastructures; 3) physical vulnerability determined by population density, settlement remoteness, and housing; along with 4) environmental vulnerability such as degradation of natural resources (UNISDR ; Michael and Samanta ; Claeys et al ). Moreover, previous studies (Esperón‐Rodríguez et al ; Liu et al ; Maanan et al ; Miao et al ) that attempted to assess disaster vulnerability highlighted climate change, rapid human population growth, inappropriate natural resources management, lack of strong weather monitoring and early warning systems, and political and administrative structures among key drivers. The above vulnerabilities are associated with the fact that regular vulnerability and capacity assessment (VCA) is not prioritized to understand the problem, underlying causes, and required mechanisms (Mikoš ; Wang et al ).…”

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Estimating landslides vulnerability in Rwanda using analytic hierarchy process and geographic information system

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Landslides are among hazards that undermine the social, economic, and environmental well‐being of the vulnerable community. Assessment of landslides vulnerability reveals the damages that could be recorded, estimates the severity of the impact, and increases the preparedness, response, recovery, and mitigation as well. This study aims to estimate landslides vulnerability for the western province of Rwanda. Field survey and secondary data sources identified 96 landslides used to prepare a landslides inventory map. Ten factors—altitude, slope angles, normalized difference vegetation index (NVDI), land use, distance to roads, soil texture, rainfall, lithology, population density, and possession rate of communication tools—were analyzed. The Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP) model was used to weight and rank the vulnerability conditioning factors. Then the Weighted Linear Combination (WLC) in geographic information system (GIS) spatially estimated landslides vulnerability over the study area. The results indicated the altitude (19.7%), slope angles (16.1%), soil texture (14.3%), lithology (13.5%), and rainfall (12.2%) as the major vulnerability conditioning parameters. The produced landslides vulnerability map is divided into 5 classes: very low, low, moderate, high and very high. The proposed method is validated by using the relative landslides density index (R‐index) method, which revealed that 35.4%, 25%, and 23.9% of past landslides are observed within moderate, high, and very high vulnerability zones, respectively. The consistency of validation indicates good performance of the methodology used and the vulnerability map prepared. The results can be used by policy makers to recognize hazard vulnerability lessening and future planning needs. Integr Environ Assess Manag 2019;00:000–000. © 2019 SETAC

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“…Future changes in precipitation and temperature will alter the distribution of suitable habitat for myrtle rust. The increase in suitability in Veracruz may be driven by the predicted increase in precipitation and cooler temperatures in some regions (Esperón‐Rodríguez, Bonifacio‐Bautista, & Barradas, ). Conversely, the projected decrease in future suitable habitat in the Yucatan Peninsula may be driven by predicted declines in precipitation (Swain & Hayhoe, ).…”

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The risk to Myrtaceae of Austropuccinia psidii, myrtle rust, in Mexico

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Summary Austropuccinia psidii is a biotrophic rust fungus that affects species from the Myrtaceae family. In Mexico, Myrtaceae is widely distributed in temperate, tropical and semi‐arid ecosystems, and includes 20 genera and 192 endemic and exotic species. Austropuccinia psidii has been present in Mexico for the last four decades; however, little is known about the distribution of this rust or the vulnerability of native and exotic Myrtaceae to infection. In this study, we used global occurrence records for the pandemic biotype of myrtle rust to model its current and future suitable habitat using a species distribution model, Maxent. We identified regions that are highly suitable for myrtle rust establishment, now and in the future (2050). Additionally, we identified the Myrtaceae species known to be susceptible to rust infection and that are currently distributed in areas with high rust habitat suitability. Thirty‐six susceptible plant species and 142 untested species are distributed within areas of suitable rust habitat and are considered potentially at risk of rust infection. Current suitable habitat is mainly restricted to the east coast of Mexico, with Veracruz, Puebla, Chiapas, Tabasco and Oaxaca being the most vulnerable regions to the rust under current and future climates. We encourage monitoring within these regions by surveying locations where the rust occurs and within areas with high suitable habitat to determine the threat to native ecosystems and industries reliant on Myrtaceae. We also recommend screening to test the susceptibility of Myrtaceae species with no known susceptibility rating.

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Socio-economic vulnerability to climate change in the central mountainous region of eastern Mexico

Cited by 17 publications

References 33 publications

Mountain cloud forest and grown-shade coffee plantations: A comparison of tree biodiversity in central Veracruz, Mexico

Mountain cloud forest and grown-shade coffee plantations: A comparison of tree biodiversity in central Veracruz, Mexico

Estimating landslides vulnerability in Rwanda using analytic hierarchy process and geographic information system

The risk to Myrtaceae of Austropuccinia psidii, myrtle rust, in Mexico

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