Alternative management of mountain ecosystems in the Sierra de Santa MArta: Ecology of knowledge for integral sustainability, notes from Veracruz, Mexico

  1. Jesús Moreno Arriba
Libro:
What can communities teach us? Indigenous and local knowledge for mountain conservation

ISBN: 9782831722429

Año de publicación: 2023

Tipo: Capítulo de Libro

DOI: 10.2305/YHPH7204 GOOGLE SCHOLAR lock_openAcceso abierto editor

Resumen

The Sierra de Santa Marta in south-eastern Veracruz (Mexico), which is integrated into the Biosphere Reserve of Los Tuxtlas, has been affected by decades of state and federal led developmentalist, extractivist and assistantialist public policies. The Sierra de Santa Marta is highly dependent on external inputs for the management of natural resources. The area has been overexploited by humans and cattle, which has led to the loss of forest cover as well as a reduction in corn cultivation resulting in a loss of food self-sufficiency. These factors have contributed to sustained underdevelopment and maldevelopment. In turn, demographic densification, combined with a rural exodus, is causing serious overpopulation problems in a fragile environment. In the face of the failure of hegemonic developmental models, it is urgent to find alternatives that can improve the precarious ecological, demographic and socio-economic reality of this mountain territory, predominantly inhabited by Nahua and Popoluca peasant Indigenous populations. This qualitative study examines a heterogeneous set of five non-governmental socio-ecological projects focused on the management of natural resources, including agrosilvopastoral, fishing and ecotourism projects. These projects promote socio-ecological practices based on emerging and alternative models of development focused on integral sustainability (environmental, economic, social and eco-cultural).

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