Journal article
Community-based forestry and community forestry enterprises in quintana roo, mexico and petén, guatemala: how have policies, history, and culture shaped their trajectories?
Journal of Sustainable Forestry, Vol.38(7), pp.651-669
2019
Abstract
The Mayan Biosphere Reserve in the region of Petén, Guatemala and the state of Quintana Roo, Mexico have well-established experiences of community-based forestry and community forestry enterprises within the area known as the Mayan forest. Context has been a key factor shaping the trajectories of these two cases. Several scholars have highlighted the usefulness of understanding the role of context in the emergence and functioning of common property regimes. However, scholarship has been dominated by the mainstream school of common property, which sees these regimes as arising out of voluntary, rational action with the main intent of conserving a common-pool natural resource. This paper seeks to answer the call for more research on context for common property regimes. The article discusses how policies, history, and culture have shaped the trajectory of community forestry in both countries. Policies present choices, opportunities, and constraints, while history and culture can facilitate or hinder taking advantage of such opportunities. Communities have agency not only to react, but also to adapt. These two cases present overriding themes that strengthen the alternative literature on common property regimes and also offer lessons to policy makers, practitioners, nongovernmental organizations, and communities practicing forestry.
Details
- Title
- Community-based forestry and community forestry enterprises in quintana roo, mexico and petén, guatemala: how have policies, history, and culture shaped their trajectories?
- Authors
- Dora Carias Vega (Author) - University of Melbourne
- Publication details
- Journal of Sustainable Forestry, Vol.38(7), pp.651-669
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Inc.
- Date published
- 2019
- DOI
- 10.1080/10549811.2019.1598875
- ISSN
- 1054-9811
- Organisation Unit
- Tropical Forests and People Research Centre; University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland; Forest Research Institute
- Language
- English
- Record Identifier
- 99450837702621
- Output Type
- Journal article
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