Is the community-based management of natural resources inherently linked to resilience? An analysis of the Santiago Comaltepec community (Mexico)

The sustainable management of forests is a current pressing need. Many communities around the world manage common pool forests and base their livelihoods on forest products. The community-based management of natural resources approach has been often considered as a suitable approach to govern the co...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Published in:Ager (Zaragoza, Spain) Spain), 2015-04 (18), p.91-91
Main Authors: del Mar Delgado-Serrano, María, Escalante, Roberto, Basurto, Saul
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adaptation
Climate change
Collaboration
Common Lands
Communities
Community
Conservation
Ecosystems
Environmental protection
Forest management
Forest products
Forestry
Indigenous Populations
Mexico
Natural resource management
Natural Resources
Resilience
Resource Management
Rural areas
Studies
Sustainability
Sustainable development
Threat
Online Access:Get full text
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
Description
Summary:The sustainable management of forests is a current pressing need. Many communities around the world manage common pool forests and base their livelihoods on forest products. The community-based management of natural resources approach has been often considered as a suitable approach to govern the commons. However, the application of these principles does not simply lead to harmonise development and conservation. We explore the links between community-based management of natural resources and social-ecological resilience in a Mexican indigenous community by: analysing the trade-offs between environmentally sound forest management and socio-economic sustainability; identifying the local strategies to face local, national and international challenges and analysing how they contribute to the social-ecological resilience; and reflecting about how the current situation might affect future social-ecological resilience. The results showed that land and forests are sustainably managed from an environmental perspective, but current social and economic pressures, within and outside the community, represent a serious threat to the traditional common management and sustainability culture.
ISSN:1578-7168
1578-7168
DOI:10.4422/ager.2015.07