Local understandings of conservation in southeastern mexico and their implications for community-based conservation as an alternative paradigm

Conservation Biology

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 856-865

  Reyes Garcia, Victoria ^a,b   Ruiz Mallen, Isabel ^b   Porter Bolland, Luciana ^c   Garcia Frapolli, Eduardo ^d   Ellis, Edward A ^e   Mendez, Maria Elena ^b   Pritchard, Diana J ^f   Sanchez Gonzalez, María Consuelo ^g  

^a INSTITUCIÓ CATALANA DE RECERCA I ESTUDIS AVANÇATS ICREA   (Spain)

^b INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIA I TECNOLOGIA AMBIENTALS   (Spain)

^c INSTITUTO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

^d INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES EN ECOSISTEMAS Y SUSTENTABILIDAD   (Mexico)

^e UNIVERSIDAD VERACRUZANA   (Mexico)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^g UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE CAMPECHE   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Conservation paradigms; Indigenous and community conserved areas; Latin America; Protected areas

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONSERVATION PLANNING; CONSERVATION STATUS; LAND MANAGEMENT; LANDSCAPE PROTECTION; LEGAL SYSTEM; PERCEPTION; PROTECTED AREA; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ÁREAS DE CONSERVACIÓN COMUNITARIA E INDÍGENA; ÁREAS PROTEGIDAS; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION PARADIGMS; CONSUMER; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; INDIGENOUS AND COMMUNITY-CONSERVED AREAS; INTERVIEW; LATINOAMÉRICA; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MEXICO; PARADIGMAS DE CONSERVACIÓN; PROTECTED AREAS; PUBLIC OPINION; SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA; STATISTICS;

ÁREAS DE CONSERVACIÓN COMUNITARIA E INDÍGENA; ÁREAS PROTEGIDAS; CONSERVATION PARADIGMS; INDIGENOUS AND COMMUNITY-CONSERVED AREAS; LATIN AMERICA; LATINOAMÉRICA; PARADIGMAS DE CONSERVACIÓN; PROTECTED AREAS;

BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; CONSUMER PARTICIPATION; FEMALE; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MEXICO; PUBLIC OPINION;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA];

EID: 84880699445     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: 15231739     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/cobi.12056     Document Type: Article

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