Fostering Traditional Yucatec Maya Management of Natural Resources through Microcredits: A Community Case Study
Por:
Garcia-Frapolli E., Garcia-Contreras R., Balderas U.J., González-Cruz G., Astorga-De Ita D., Cohen-Salgado D., Vega E.
Publicada:
1 nov 2013
Resumen:
In this research we show the way in which a small Yucatec Mayan community conducts a diversified management strategy of its natural resources, as well as how this strategy is supplemented and financed by microfinance. The local description of the ecological process of succession was used for describing the strategy of nature appropriation. Network analysis was used for studying how productive activities are correlated, depending on households having or not having microcredits. Results show that households carry out a diversified management strategy of natural resource in which 12 productive activities are implemented in 5 different land-use units. Study findings show that the network of productive activities of households with microfinance is more interconnected, and that 59% of the people are devoting their microcredits to finance traditional activities such as crop fields, beekeeping, or home gardens, which are the most socially, economically, and ecologically contextualized productive activities in the region. © 2013 Copyright Taylor and Francis Group, LLC.
Filiaciones:
Garcia-Frapolli E.:
Univ Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Ctr Invest Ecosistemas, Morelia 58089, Michoacan, Mexico
Centro de Investigaciones en Ecosistemas, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Morelia, Michoacán, Mexico
Garcia-Contreras R.:
Center for International Studies, University of St. Thomas, Houston, TX, United States
Balderas U.J.:
Center for International Studies, University of St. Thomas, Houston, TX, United States
González-Cruz G.:
Univ Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Ctr Invest Ecosistemas, Morelia 58089, Michoacan, Mexico
Centro de Investigaciones en Ecosistemas, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Morelia, Michoacán, Mexico
Astorga-De Ita D.:
Univ Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Ctr Invest Ecosistemas, Morelia 58089, Michoacan, Mexico
Centro de Investigaciones en Ecosistemas, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Morelia, Michoacán, Mexico
Cohen-Salgado D.:
Univ Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Ctr Invest Ecosistemas, Morelia 58089, Michoacan, Mexico
Centro de Investigaciones en Ecosistemas, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Morelia, Michoacán, Mexico
Vega E.:
Univ Nacl Autonoma Mexico, Ctr Invest Ecosistemas, Morelia 58089, Michoacan, Mexico
Centro de Investigaciones en Ecosistemas, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Morelia, Michoacán, Mexico
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